The Nun (1967)
La Religieuse
The banned film by Jacques Rivette
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.
- Date of release
- 1967-07-26
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (107)
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Jacques Rivette
Casting
- 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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