The Nun

(1967)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 107 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1967

Runtime: 135 мин

Country: France

Director: Jacques Rivette

Cast: Anna Karina, Лизелотта Пульвер, Мишлин Прель, Франсин Берже, Francisco Rabal, Christiane Lénier, Yori Bertin, Hubert Buthion, Françoise Godde, Charles Millot

Plot

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.

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.