The Monk (also known as The Final Temptation or The Seduction of a Priest) is a 1990 historical drama film directed by Francisco Lara Polop and starring Paul McGann and Sophie Ward.
He listens to a confession by a young nun named Sister Ines (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon), who has become pregnant, and reports her to the covenant's leader, Mother Agueda, despite the girl's pleas for help.
After this, a young monk named Juan reveals to Lorenzo she is actually a woman, Matilde de la Venegas (Sophie Ward).
Lorenzo becomes the confessor for an elderly member of his congregation, and impassioned by his regained sexuality, begins pursuing the woman's innocent daughter Angela (Sophie Linfield).
Paul McGann (Father Lorenzo Rojas)Sophie Ward (Matilde de la Venegas/Juan)Sophie Linfield (Angela Dauphin)Isla Blair (Mother Agueda)Freda Dowie (Sister Ursula)Mark Elstob (Ramon de Madeira)Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Sister Ines)Laura Davenport (Dona Elvira Dauphin)Marina Saura (Jacinta) There are a number of differences between the film and the original novel.
Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière attempted to film a version of The Monk in the 1960s, but the project was halted due to lack of funds.
The image was a three part composite (pre computer graphics) and featured Gail McKenna as the female model with Terry Waeland as the monk figure, whose face was supplanted by a supplied portrait of Paul McGann.