La Religieuse (1966)
"The banned film by Jacques Rivette"
Title: The Nun
Original Title: La Religieuse
Release Date: 1966-05-06
Status: Released
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 90 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: SNC, Rome-Paris Films
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.
Cast
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
