Sister Emanuelle (1977)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Load of rubbish!!

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Soft-core satire on the Catholic church(..one of the nuns has a bladder problem)with the hilarious premise of Gemser's Emanuelle attempting to bury her sinful past by joining a convent. But, her convent's recent "acquisition" of a girl, sent there by her father for "cleansing of her wicked sexual ways", Monica(Mónica Zanchi, delicious, other than her arm pit hair), has Emanuelle re-evaluating her decision. Soon, a con on the lam, Rene(Gabriele Tinti)induces an affair with Monica(..who stumbles on his hiding place, a barn), raising the ire of Emanuelle, who herself begins a torrid relationship with him. Also established is Monica's tryst with her roommate who was a very bright student working on possible sainthood before being introduced to lesbianism.The movie features a series of steamy encounters between Monica and a number of characters, those that come in contact with her, most often than not she's the catalyst who motivates the sexual acts. Monica's seduction of her roommate during a thunderstorm is particularly sensually satisfying. Monica's flashback to Emanuelle regarding a sexual encounter with her stepmother is another rather stimulating lesbian sequence. I suggest those who rent the DVD to check out the special features for it has a deleted "bondage" scene where Emanuelle ties up Monica and ravages her body. Sister Emanuelle is well shot by director Giuseppe Vari, who captures the sordid shenanigans with visual brio. Gemser heats up the screen, shown disrobing from her nun outfit on several occasions, a very beautiful woman with an incredible body. The film is essentially a naughty comic nunsploitation effort poking fun at the idea of remaining abstinent when it just isn't some's nature. Mónica Zanchi relishes her role as a lustful sex kittenish nymphomaniac who is willing to seduce just about anyone she finds remotely enticing.

The unlikely premise of this black Emanuelle entry is that our tawny heroine needs to join a convent in order to "realise" that celibacy is not for her. The set-up has Emanuelle a nun who is sent (with a older sister) to collect rebellious teenager Monica and bring her back to the convent which operates as a home for wayward girls. Emanuelle, a supposedly reformed sexaholic, sees the girl sharing a rather Sapphic kiss with her nubile young mother-in-law, then a plot ensues which has the girl wreaking mischief and encourages sexual mania at the convent.Thrown into the blender, we get incontinence, violent criminals, teenage lesbianism, rough fabric bloomers and a haughty Mother Superior. The film does have a fairly linear plot, with the teenage temptress wearing down Emanuelle's vow of chastity; Emanuelle finally throws off her habit and leaps into the arms of the criminal, turning into a vengeful fury to threatens to burn out the nymphet teenager's bush! But then it is revealed that the entire film is a dream that Emanuelle has on the train on the way to the convent with Monica, and that dream has told her that the life of the cloisters is not for her, and heads back to her more usual life of vice.The dream scenario is nicely developed, with Monica operating as a kind of erotic anima in Emanuelle's psyche, continually pushing her towards rejecting celibacy and embracing sexual liberation. The dynamic of the film is pretty simplistic, simply promiscuity (which is seen as pretty harmless) versus abstinence. None of the dark areas which D'Amato uncovered in his black Emanuelle films are explored, so the film feels a little less striking than them. It is, however, never less than immaculately made and is enlivened by a genuinely funny sense of cheeky, camp humour, which is often laugh-out-loud. Some of the minor characters, like the cystitis-suffering old nun and the crapulent, dumb gardener, are delightfully entertaining.The film is unusual as well in that it actually shows that Laura Gemser could act – she gives a nuanced and nicely drawn performance, constantly modulating her reactions to events, other characters and the temptations of the flesh. D'Amato deliberately kept his black Emanuelle affectless, the more to emphasise her compulsive, consumerist behaviour; it's nice that this film exists to show that Gemser could work with a wider range if the script or director required it.

Sister Emanuelle (1977) follows the exploits of Emanuelle as she tries to find God and cleanse herself of sin by being a nun in a convent. Her devotion to God and not her old hedonistic lifestyle is challenged by a wild new convert. Can Emauelle resist temptation and cling to her new found love of religion or will the wild and carefree Emauelle reemerge and embrace her old lifestyle?I was disappointed by this movie. It's okay but I was expecting a whole lot more because it's Emanuelle mixed in with nunsploitation. This could have been an instant classic, but it fails on some levels but not all. A must for die hard Emanuelle fans.

Everyone's favorite nymphet has renounced her deviant sexual past and has become a nun. Emanuelle travels to Venice to meet with a wealthy Baron. The Baron has become enraged with his daughter (Monika) who was caught having an affair with her stepmother. He asks Emanuelle to bring his perverse teenage daughter back to her convent. Doesn't this already sound like the greatest film ever made? It's definitely one of the best Emanuelle films ever made. What a perfect place for the Emanuelle character to end up in - a convent. And what a great direction for this series to take - Emanuelle turns to God. But Emanuelle isn't sure if she wants God in her heart; Emanuelle becomes seduced by the teenage girl. On top of all this sexual tension, Emanuelle and Monika take in an escaped murderer; they both fall in love with him and hide him out inside the convent. This also has to be one of the funniest Emanuelle films in the series. For example: one of the nuns in the convent has a bladder problem. One-night Emanuelle showers and runs threw the halls of the convent; however when Sister Superior finds water all over the floors she blames the sister with the bladder problem – ha ha! On a final note: Laura Gemser is as beautiful as ever. Gemser is to the Emanuelle series what Sean Connery is to the James Bond series – "simply the best!"