Movie
The Nun
19672h 20m7.1 / 10
The banned film by Jacques Rivette
In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.
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Synopsis
In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.
More about The Nun
Cast
Anna KarinaSuzanne
Liselotte PulverMme de Chelles
Micheline PresleMme de Moni
Francine BergéSoeur Sainte-Christine
Francisco RabalDom Morel
Christiane LénierMme Simonin
Yori BertinSoeur Saint-ThérèseHubert ButhionL'Archevêque
Credits
- Directed by
- Jacques Rivette
- Written by
- Jean Gruault, Jacques Rivette, Denis Diderot
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- La Religieuse
Production
- SNCFrance
- Rome-Paris FilmsFrance
Themes
lesbian relationshipnunpriestsuicide
