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Mother Joan of the Angels
Mother Joan of the Angels
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3,553 Ratings

MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS

Matka Joanna od aniołów

Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Poland, 1961
Drama, Horror

Synopsis

A priest is sent to a remote convent to investigate an outbreak of demonic possession. Mother Joan claims she has eight demons raging within her. As the priest struggles against the forces of darkness, he is faced with the choice of sacrificing his own purity and saving the convent from evil.

Synopsis

A priest is sent to a remote convent to investigate an outbreak of demonic possession. Mother Joan claims she has eight demons raging within her. As the priest struggles against the forces of darkness, he is faced with the choice of sacrificing his own purity and saving the convent from evil.

Our take

Cut from the same scandalous cloth as Ken Russell’s The Devils, Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s nunsploitation masterpiece swings between the ascetic and the profane. Violence and eroticism ooze through the eerie black-and-white cinematography, as prayers tremble under the hypnotic grip of demonic thoughts.