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I started this one with relatively high expectations as the hubby said he had watched it and enjoyed it. I'm sort of torn with how to review it. I'll come out right away - I hated it. Does that mean everyone will hate it? I guess not.
So to the premise. We are in 17th century France, all the fortifications are being torn down by King Louis XIII under the advice of Cardinal Richelieu, to prevent the Protestants uprising. That is as much history as you're going to get. One towns walls however remain intact - Loudon, which is now governed by a revered priest Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed) following the death of the town Governer. Loudon seems to be full of corrupt members of the church (no surprise there) and sexually frustrated nuns who are members of an enclosed convent.
I started this one with relatively high expectations as the hubby said he had watched it and enjoyed it. I'm sort of torn with how to review it. I'll come out right away - I hated it. Does that mean everyone will hate it? I guess not.
So to the premise. We are in 17th century France, all the fortifications are being torn down by King Louis XIII under the advice of Cardinal Richelieu, to prevent the Protestants uprising. That is as much history as you're going to get. One towns walls however remain intact - Loudon, which is now governed by a revered priest Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed) following the death of the town Governer. Loudon seems to be full of corrupt members of the church (no surprise there) and sexually frustrated nuns who are members of an enclosed convent.
