Flavia, the Heretic

In 1400, in Puglia, Southern Italy, the nobleman father of Flavia beheads her lover and locks her away in a seaside convent. Flavia questions the submissive treatment of women and is submitted to the repressive Catholic system in the convent. When Flavia has the chance, she flees from the convent with her Jewish friend Abraham. However, they are captured by her father and Flavia is whipped and Abraham is imprisoned in the dungeons. d