The Nun
La Religieuse
The banned film by Jacques Rivette
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Anna Karina
Suzanne
Liselotte Pulver
Mme de Chelles
Micheline Presle
Mme de Moni
Francine Bergé
Soeur Sainte-Christine
Francisco Rabal
Dom Morel
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Christiane Lénier
Mme Simonin
Yori Bertin
Soeur Saint-Thérèse
Catherine Diamant
Soeur Saint-Ursule
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Gilette Barbier
Soeur Saint-Jean
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Annik Morice
Soeur Saint-Jéròme
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Jean-Claude Eloy
Composer
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Alain Levent
Cinematographer
