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The banned film by Jacques Rivette

The Nun

7.1 / 10 7.1 1967 2h 20m

Drama

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.

Directed by Jacques Rivette

VISUAL NOTES

Stills from The Nun

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CAST

The people behind the story

Anna Karina

Anna KarinaSuzanne

Liselotte Pulver

Liselotte PulverMme de Chelles

Micheline Presle

Micheline PresleMme de Moni

Francine Bergé

Francine BergéSoeur Sainte-Christine

Francisco Rabal

Francisco RabalDom Morel

Christiane Lénier

Christiane LénierMme Simonin

Yori Bertin

Yori BertinSoeur Saint-Thérèse

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Hubert ButhionL'Archevêque