''Naughty Nun'' () is a 1972

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directed by

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Cast

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: Antonia *

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: Painter Claudio Fornari *

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: Domicilla * Riccardo Garrone: Giovanni Piccolomini *

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: Caterina *

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: Madre badessa *

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: Domenico Mincaglia *

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: Ippolita *

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: Fra' Filippuccio *

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: Fra' Pomponio

Production

The film was a co-production between Flora Film, Lea Film, and National Cinematografica. It was shot between

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and Elios Studios in Rome.

Release

The film was released in Italian cinemas by

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on 23 August 1972. Almost two years after its release, on 8 July 1974,

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praetor Donato Massimo Bartolomei banned the film for breaching the decency code; his ruling was overturned on 5 August 1974.

Reception

Domestically the film grossed about 520 million lire. Leonardo Autera on ''

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'' described it as a film "bordering on pornography and stuffed to the point of boredom with the heaviest profanity", with Laurenti's direction "at the extreme end of technical illiteracy".

References

External links

* 1972 films Films directed by Mariano Laurenti Commedia sexy all'italiana 1970s sex comedy films Films scored by Berto Pisano 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films {{erotic-comedy-film-stub