Independent U.S. distributors Scorpion Releasing will bring to Blu-ray Italian director Gianfranco Mingozzi's
Flavia the Heretic a.k.a
Flavia, la monaca musulmana (1974), starring Florinda Bolkan (
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion), Marķa Casares (
Children of Paradise), Claudio Cassinelli (
The Suspicious Death of a Minor), and Anthony Higgins (
Raiders of the Lost Ark). The release, which will feature a brand new transfer struck from original 35mm film elements, will be available for purchase on January 26th.
Flavia, a 15th Century nun, is witness to all manner of cruelty and barbarism directed against women by men. Disgusted with the masculine domination of society and the church, she unleashes a bloody revenge of her own by joining forces with Muslim invaders.