BEATRICE CENCI

starring Tomas Milian

Directed by Lucio Fulci

on september 1599 Beatrice Cenci is condemned to death for having arranged the death of her father Francesco. He had been such a perverse and unscrupolous man that he had been obliged to flee from Rome with all his family. When he dies the Cenci family is denounced by the Curia and a young man confesses under torture that Beatrice and her mother ordered him to commit the crime. Beatrice admits that she wanted to revenge on her father who violated her as a child and continued to abuse her. The Roman people felt deep sorrow at this tragedy and made her a saint.

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widescreen

pal / 2

uncut