The Nun
La Religieuse
Drama
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.
1967-07-26
fr
Cast
Director
Jacques Rivette
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
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
Michel Delahaye as Un Vicaire
Jean Martin as Monsieur Hébert
Pierre Meyrand as Monsieur Manouri
Wolfgang Reichmann as Le Père Lemoine