The Nun

The Nun

140 mins | Drama | May 6, 1966

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.

The Nun

140 mins | Drama | May 6, 1966

The Nun
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Rome Paris Films, Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
Original title La Religieuse
Directors Alexis Poliakoff, Pierre Fabre, Claude Bakka, Lydie Mahias, Jacques Rivette, Philippe Fourastié
Writers Denis Diderot, Jacques Rivette, Jean Gruault

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

Catherine Diamant

as Soeur Sainte-Ursule

Annik Morice

as Soeur Saint-Jérôme

Michel Delahaye

as Un Vicaire

Jean Martin

as Monsieur Hébert

Pierre Meyrand

as Monsieur Manouri

Wolfgang Reichmann

as Le Père Lemoine

Danielle Palmero

as Soeur Saint-Clément