Immaculate movie storyline. Convinced God has saved her for a reason, Cecilia, a virginal novitiate, renounces her former self to serve as a sister in an Italian convent. After all, she has spent half her life trying to explain the life-altering miracle. Instead, vivid nightmares and spine-chilling sights plant the sinister seed of doubt right after Cecilia takes her vows. And then, unexplained morning sickness has everyone guessing. But they say God has a plan for everyone. In Cecilia’s case, however, darkness has the last word.
Immaculate is a 2024 American horror film directed by Michael Mohan and written by Andrew Lobel. It stars Sydney Sweeney (who also produced), Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Dora Romano, Giorgio Colangeli, and Simona Tabasco. The plot focuses on a young novice, who is invited to reside at a picturesque Italian convent, but slowly realizes the terrifying secrets it harbors.
Immaculate premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2024, and was released theatrically in the United States by Neon on March 22, 2024. The film received positive reviews and has grossed $27 million against a budget of $9 million.
About the Story
Sister Mary sneaks into a superior’s bedroom at night and steals a ring of keys to escape through the locked gates of a Roman Catholic convent. She is captured and her leg broken, before being knocked unconscious by four hooded figures. She later wakes up in a coffin and is buried alive.
Young novice Sister Cecilia turned to Christianity at an early age after she nearly drowned in a frozen lake and was declared dead for seven minutes, convinced that God had saved her for a purpose. She receives an invitation from Father Sal Tedeschi to join a convent in Italy that tends to dying nuns in their last days. Cecilia takes her final vows to adhere to the evangelical counsels and becomes a nun, being decorated with a rosary.
She befriends Sister Gwen and is struck by certain oddities, such as an elder nun having scars on the soles of her feet in the shape of crosses. The convent’s chapel houses what they claim is a Holy Nail relic that was taken from the cross on which Jesus was crucified. After having nightmares of hooded figures appearing in her room, Cecilia is shocked to learn that she is pregnant, even though she is a virgin. The convent’s inhabitants begin to treat her as the next Virgin Mary, with many proclaiming the child is a “blessing”.
Another nun, Sister Isabelle, tries to drown Cecilia out of jealousy, saying that it “should have been her”. Cecilia throws up one of her own teeth and her health worsens. Her request to be taken to a proper hospital is denied by Father Tedeschi. Isabelle dies after falling off the convent’s roof as Cecilia is walking through the cloister. Gwen publicly chastises the convent superiors for turning a blind eye but is then taken away by Father Tedeschi and Deacon Enzo.
Immaculate (2024)
Directed by: Michael Mohan
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Dora Romano, Giorgio Colangeli, Simona Tabasco, Giampiero Judica
Screenplay by: Andrew Lobel
Production Design by: Adam Reamer
Cinematography by: Elisha Christian
Film Editing by: Christian Masini
Set Decoration by: Valerio De Santis, Veronica Lopez, Fabio Marconi
Art Direction by: Francesco Scandale
Music by: Will Bates
MPAA Rating: R for strong and bloody violent content, grisly images, nudity and some language.
Distributed by: Neon
Release Date: March 22, 2024
Views: 39
