The Conviction is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Special Jury Prize. Bellocchio wrote the script with his psychotherapist Massimo Fagioli; the two had previously collaborated on the 1986 film Devil in the Flesh.

Plot

Sandra Celestini, a college student on a field trip with her art class, becomes trapped overnight in a museum. The only other company there is Lorenzo Colajanni, an architect. Lorenzo befriends Sandra and eventually seduces her into having sex with him. Sandra later discovers that Lorenzo had the museum keys the whole time. She brings rape charges against him.

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