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  The Nun (La religieuse)

In eighteenth-century France a girl (Suzanne Simonin) is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior (Madame de Moni, Sister Sainte-Christine, and Madame de Chelles) treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses by the Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot.

140 Minutes

Denis Diderot (novel)
Jean Gruault

Jacques Rivette

Anna Karina....Suzanne
Liselotte Pulver....Mme de Chelles
Micheline Presle....Mme de Moni
Francine Bergé....Soeur Sainte-Christine
Francisco Rabal....Dom Morel
Christiane Lénier....Mme Simonin
Yori Bertin....Soeur Saint-Thérèse
Catherine Diamant....Soeur Saint-Ursule
Gilette Barbier....Soeur Saint-Jean
Annik Morice....Soeur Saint-Jéròme
Danielle Palmero....Soeur Saint-Clément
Françoise Godde....La domestique
Jean Martin....Monsieur Hébert
Marc Eyraud....Le père Seraphin
Charles Millot....Monsieur Simonin

moderate sexual threat, suicide scene, distressing scenes

Genres

Drama

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