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Beatrice Cenci
ITALY · 1969

Beatrice Cenci

Lucio Fulci
sexual abuse family revenge imprisonment corruption of nobility conspiracy
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Synopsis

In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.

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