The Nun

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.

Director: Jacques Rivette

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

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Hubert Buthion

L'Archevêque

Françoise Godde

La Domestique

Charles Millot

Monsieur Simonin