Movie
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1967-07-26
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- SNC, Rome-Paris Films
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Anna Karina as Suzanne
- Liselotte Pulver as Mme de Chelles
- Micheline Presle as Mme de Moni
- Francine Bergé as Soeur Sainte-Christine
- Francisco Rabal as Dom Morel
- Christiane Lénier as Mme Simonin
- Yori Bertin as Soeur Saint-Thérèse
- Hubert Buthion as L'Archevêque
- Françoise Godde as La Domestique
- Charles Millot as Monsieur Simonin
- Marc Eyraud as La Père Séraphin
- Gilette Barbier as Soeur Saint-Jean
Crew
- Jacques Rivette - Director
- Jacques Rivette - Writer
- Jean Gruault - Writer
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