The Nun
– In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers..
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.
08 Jul 1971
French
Jacques Rivette
Denis Diderot (novel), Jean Gruault, Jacques Rivette
Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé
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.
1 nomination.
Altura Films International