Synopsis

"This is the story of a girl who wrote a letter to God, and God answered..."

A young girl, Maria, is caught in flagrante delicto with her lover by Father Vicente, who belongs to the nearby Serreda Iris cloister. The fiendish clergyman persuades her parents, who are poor and easily intimidated, to put Maria under his protection.

She is brought to Serreda Iris, where the nuns seem to have an unusual interest in her beautiful body. After her virginity is proven by the Mother Superior-who is called Mother Alma!-she gets her first undeserved punishment: several layers of thorns are applied to her skin. It soon becomes clear that the monks and nuns of Serreda Iris are actually satanists who perform black masses and lewd rituals to honor the Honored One. Maria tries to escape, but she trusts the wrong person and is brought back. After that, she is questioned by the Holy Inquisition and tells all she knows about Vicente and Alma. The Inquisitor doesn't really believe her, but the accusation has uncomfortable consequences for the accused. So Vicente tries his best to make Maria revoke her statement. Maria, abondoned by everyone, loses hope, but first she wants to make things clear with the only friend left to her: She writes a letter to God and throws it out of the window.

Her letter is found...

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New Anamorphic widescreen transfer

English, German, Spanish, Italian, French languages.

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Commentary by Erwin C. Dietrich

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