this is not a wholehearted recommendation. this film has problems and i will preface with them: CW: SV

spoiler

very, very, unpleasant rape/torture scene, best skipped. gratuitous and my only explaination for it being the way it is Male Gaze

also the sex scenes are very Male Gaze-y and additionally gratuitous

the good things:

amazing costumes and set design. its straight up the 17th century, i couldn't find any problems but im not a reenactor (the largest phylum of nerd)

fantastic treatment of church theater. a lot of media has church folk as credulous fools drinking the koolaid but this films got some shrewd motherfuckers. in fact thats probably what i liked the most, the extremely blurry lines between performance, politics and faith. :chefs-kiss: very few films scratch this itch

also its a gay convent drama what do i gotta tell you theres premium horny nun forbidden fruit shit up in this movie.

watch it. skip the torture scene. hang the patriarchy