Plot

Sister Virginia becomes the new Mother Superior at the convent of Monza. Debauched priest Don Arrigone and lecherous womanizer Giampaolo Osio plot to seduce sister Virginia by any means necessary.

Sister Virginia de Leyva becomes the new Mother Superior at the convent of Monza. Said convent turns out to be a veritable hotbed of sinful carnality and depravity. Debauched priest Don Arrigone and lecherous womanizer Giampaolo Osio plot to seduce sister Virginia. But will their wicked and lustful actions continue to go unnoticed?—Woodyanders

Much to the disappointment of the holy sisterhood, young, pious Sister Virginia de Leyva lands the position of Mother Superior at the Santa Margherita convent in Monza, northern Italy. As the beautiful servant of God incites envy, a lascivious maniac and a depraved priest set their sights on breaking the abbess' will by humiliation and sexual abuse. And, little by little, Sister Virginia starts having impure thoughts and lustful visions. Is Sister Virginia's faith compromised? Can the nun of Monza fend off the unholy invitations of the flesh?—Nick Riganas

The 'Nun of Monza' is the notorious story of Sister Virginia Maria de Leyva, first told in 'I Promessi Sposi' or 'The Betrothed' by Alessandro Manzoni in 1840. It is based in part on actual events that occurred in the 1630s in Spanish-occupied Italy, in which the Sister bore Gianpaolo Osio two children, and he committed several murders in a vain attempt to hide the truth. In this Bruno Mattei retelling of the story, Sister Virginia Maria (Zora Kerova) is sent to the convent of Monza, where she quickly becomes the target of the lecherous fugitive, Gianpaolo Osio, with the aid of his compatriot, the corrupt priest, Don Paolo Arrigone. But the pious Sister Virginia is also the Lady of Monza, mistress of the de Leyva estates upon the death of her father. Consequently, the Sisters elect her to be their Mother Superior when old Sister Imbersaga dies, and she selects the devious lesbian, Sister Benedetta (Paola Montenero), as her assistant. To protect his affair with Sister Candida, Father Arrigone blackmails Sister Benedetta into arranging a liaison between Virginia and Osio. The two are conveniently 'discovered' by Arrigone and Candida, and they allow Osio to rape Virginia as Benedetta watches and masturbates. Osio continues to press his desire for the now-compromised Sister Virginia, deluding her into thinking he truly cares for her, and that theirs is a spiritual union. Eventually Virginia turns up pregnant, while Osio is imprisoned for murdering a maid. The baby, however, is born dead, and an ambitious novitiate, Margherita and Osio (who is somehow no longer in prison) toss the body into the river, after which they make love. Sister Virginia repents of her sin, and commits Margherita to a penitence cell after she threatens the Mother Superior with exposure, supposedly to prepare herself for her vows of sisterhood. But Margherita doesnt relent in her threats against the convent, so the ruthless Osio is brought in to murder her. But its too late - the older nuns have called an inquisitor to the convent to purge it of the heretics. Osio escapes, but the three nuns, Virginia, Benedetta and Candida are imprisoned for life.