The Little Hours
dir. Jeff Baena · 2017
Plot
On the run from the battle-seasoned Lord Bruno for sleeping with his wife, the handsome and willing servant, Massetto, flees to the safety of the woods during the warm and peaceful summer of 1347. There, after a chance encounter with the always boozy but merciful Father Tommasso, the young charmer will find refuge into his convent's sanctuary, on one condition: to pretend he is a deaf-mute. However, Massetto's tempting presence will unavoidably upset the already frail balance of things within the sexually-repressed female realm, as nun after nun desperately seeks an escape from their tedious way of life and an extra reason to molest the charming handyman. In the end, will those cloistered Sisters finally find out what they had been missing out on all these years?
Why watch
"The Little Hours" is a riotous romp through the absurdities of monastic life, where mistaken identities and forbidden desires collide in a sun-soaked medieval convent. With its irreverent humor and playful anachronisms, this film invites viewers to revel in the chaos of love and lust amidst the constraints of cloistered existence.