The Nun

La Religieuse

1966·140'

Jacques Rivette

Drama

French

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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.

Cast

Anna Karina Suzanne Liselotte Pulver Mme de Chelles Micheline Presle Mme de Moni Francine Bergé Soeur Sainte-Christine Francisco Rabal Dom Morel Christiane Lénier Mme Simonin Yori Bertin Soeur Saint-Thérèse

Hubert Buthion L'Archevêque Françoise Godde La Domestique Charles Millot Monsieur Simonin Marc Eyraud La Père Séraphin Gilette Barbier Soeur Saint-Jean

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