The Nun

Jul 26, 1967

2h 20m

★ 7.1

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

SNC

Rome-Paris Films

The Nun Trailers

Cast

Suzanne

Anna Karina

Mme de Chelles

Liselotte Pulver

Mme de Moni

Micheline Presle

Soeur Sainte-Christine

Francine Bergé

Dom Morel

Francisco Rabal

Mme Simonin

Christiane Lénier

Soeur Saint-Thérèse

Yori Bertin

L'Archevêque

Hubert Buthion

La Domestique

Françoise Godde

Monsieur Simonin

Charles Millot

La Père Séraphin

Marc Eyraud

Soeur Saint-Jean

Gilette Barbier

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