The Nun and the Torture

1984
4.9| 1h25m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 07 March 1984 Released
Producted By: Dacar Produções Cinematográficas
Country: Brazil
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Chief of Police Rui, a happily married man of principles, is in charge of investigating Joana, a teacher who's accused of political crimes. After some false starts, he manages to arrest her, but is startled to learn that she's also a nun. The revelation doesn't alter the natural course of events: he must torture her in order to obtain a confession, and gets increasingly attracted to her.

Genre

Drama, Action, Crime

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Director

Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias

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Dacar Produções Cinematográficas

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AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Claudio Carvalho In times of military dictatorship in Brazil, a nun (Vera Gimenez) is arrested by an abusive detective (David Cardoso) after giving class to poor people in the slums of São Paulo. She is accused of subversion without any evidence and isolated in the jail without any communication with her family or friends; then she is tortured and submitted to all sort of humiliation to confess that she has political issues. However the detective has an unexpected reaction after many sessions of torture."A Freira e a Tortura" is an unpleasant, annoying and cheap exploitation of sex using the lack of human rights in a dark period of the Brazilian contemporary history. A foreigner or a Brazilian youngster that has not lived in those years of dictatorship may not understand the abusive behavior of the police, but this disrespectful procedure was very common in that period. However, the screenplay is ridiculous, with a sadistic plot and characters and an absurd resolution. The abnormal, stupid and stereotyped characters are shallow and the jailer and his assistant are irritating with their chuckles. The bombshell Vera Gimenez in the role of a nun without costume is funny and the pretentious and ham David Cardoso is awful. Vera Gimenez naked is disappointing since she is sexy with a beautiful face but having flaccid butt and the short in all aspects David Cardoso naked is hilarious. My vote is one.Title (Brazil): "A Freira e a Tortura" ("The Nun and the Torture")