Damned If You Don't (1987)
It begins with footage from a stylish old potboiler about an isolated convent, whose tale of passions leashed and unleashed provides the leitmotif for a young lesbian who watches it and the lonely nun she pursues and seduces. As the two women's lives come closer to joining, voiceovers from the biography of a 16th century lesbian nun and the reminiscences of a woman's closeted romances at a Catholic school flesh out the theme.
Director: Su Friedrich
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Peggy Healey as The Nun |
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Ela Troyano as The Other Woman |
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Makea MacDonald as Reminiscing voice |
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Martina Siebert as "Black Narcissus" Narrator |
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Cathy Quinlan as Narrator of Sister Mea Crivelli's testimony |
| Directing | Su Friedrich | Director |
| Camera | Su Friedrich | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Su Friedrich | Editor |
| Sound | Su Friedrich | Sound |
| Writing | Su Friedrich | Writer |
| Production | Cathy Quinlan | Production Assistant |
| Art | Cathy Quinlan | Painter |
| Production | Peggy Ahwesh | Production Assistant |