Visions of Ecstasy

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Visions of Ecstasy
Directed by	Nigel Wingrove
Produced by	John Stephenson
Written by	Nigel Wingrove
Starring	Louise Downie Elisha Scott Dan Fox
Music by	Steven Severin
Cinematography	Ricardo Coll
Editing by	Steve Graham
Running time	18 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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Visions of Ecstasy is a 1989 short (19 minutes) film directed by Nigel Wingrove.

It was refused certification by the British Board of Film Classification because of scenes featuring a sexualised representation of Saint Teresa of Ávila caressing the body of Jesus on the cross. The BBFC felt that the scenes could potentially make the film liable to prosecution for blasphemy. As cutting the scenes would remove approximately half of the film's content, the board decided to refuse certificatation altogether. The distributor took his case to the European Court of Human Rights where the BBFC's decision was upheld to reject certification.

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Wingrove v. The United Kingdom,(1997) 24 EHRR 1, [1996] ECHR 17419/90