THE NUN
synopsis
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.
| international title: | The Nun |
| original title: | La religieuse |
| country: | France |
| year: | 1966 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Jacques Rivette |
| film run: | 140' |
| release date: | FR 06/05/1966, UK 28/09/1967, DE 29/09/1967, IT 21/12/1967, DK 01/02/1968, NL 08/02/1968, FI 12/04/1968, HU 07/11/1968, PT 27/07/1975, SE 16/11/1976, RS 28/02/2006, PL 04/08/2017, IE 27/07/2018, GR 08/12/2020 |
| screenplay: | Jean Gruault, Jacques Rivette |
| cast: | Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle |
| cinematography by: | Alain Levent |
| film editing: | Denise de Casabianca |
| art director: | Jean-Jacques Fabre, Guy Littaye |
| costumes designer: | Gitt Magrini |
| producer: | Georges de Beauregard |
| associate producer: | Roger Ferret |
