It was noted for its theme of repressed sexuality within the nun""s mission (located in a former brothel with sensual murals on the walls), where the nuns were sworn to their religious duties but fought off their nagging passions and temptations.Plot SynopsisThe film opens impressionistically with the credits on top of a night view of the streets of Manhattan - a scene of urban jungle warfare.Why we handled a much tougher and ornery crowd than I see present.Why when we started shootin"", they ran out of town so fast, the breeze from their coat-tails set off a scythe of a windmill." BackgroundCamille(1936) is one of the most romantically-atmospheric films ever made.It is a tearjerker classic - a well-known, lavish, luxuriously-mounted, melodramatic love/tragedy of Hollywood""s Golden Age.