The Nun (1971)

  • NR
  • 07/08/1971 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 20m

The banned film by Jacques Rivette

Overview

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.

Jacques Rivette

Writer, Director

Jean Gruault

Writer

Denis Diderot

Novel

Cast

Anna Karina's headshot

Anna Karina

Suzanne
Liselotte Pulver's headshot

Liselotte Pulver

Mme de Chelles
Micheline Presle's headshot

Micheline Presle

Mme de Moni
Francine Bergé's headshot

Francine Bergé

Soeur Sainte-Christine
Francisco Rabal's headshot

Francisco Rabal

Dom Morel
Christiane Lénier's headshot

Christiane Lénier

Mme Simonin
Yori Bertin's headshot

Yori Bertin

Soeur Saint-Thérèse
Hubert Buthion's headshot

Hubert Buthion

L'Archevêque

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