Friday, May 10, 2019

The Little Hours: Sisterhood of Bad Nuns (film)

WARNING: Comedy The Little Hours RED BAND trailer with Aubrey Plaza, Dave Franco, Fred Armisen, Alison Brie, Molly Shannon, Kate Micucci, John Reilly, and Nick Offerman.
 
The opening scene of The Little Hours, which is based on Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century novella The Decameron, the "Human Comedy," is idyllic.

Framed by wildflower-covered hills of Tuscany, Italy, a young nun slowly leads a donkey as a choir sings, presumably from a not-too-distant convent. Moments later, a young man smiles at two passing nuns.

"Good day," he says. "It's a beautiful morning, sisters." "Don't f*cking talk to us!" screams one nun, reaching for a hatchet. The other chimes in with more profanity -- the most I've ever heard spoken in 10 seconds.

The most blistering of the torch-tongued is none other than Aubrey Plaza, who rolled her eyes as "April Ludgate" for all seven seasons of NBC comedy Parks and Rec. Plaza is also a co-producer of The Little Hours, along with her boyfriend... More

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