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The Nun (French: La Religieuse; also known as French: Suzanne Simonin, la Religieuse de Denis Diderot) is a 1966 French drama film directed by Jacques Rivette from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jean Gruault, based on the novel of the same title by Denis Diderot.
Jul 8, 1971 · Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses. Director. Jacques Rivette.
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- 1971-07-08
Jacques Rivette’s exquisite 1966 drama The Nun, one of the most breath-taking and emotional works of French cinema is newly restored in 4K - see it in cinemas July 27th.
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Jan 17, 2019 · Jacques Rivette’s 1966 film, “La Religieuse (The Nun),” might be one of the greatest prison movies ever made and certainly one of the most controversial. The prison is a Catholic convent,...
The Nun (French: La Religieuse) is a 2013 French drama film directed by Guillaume Nicloux. It is based on the 18th-century novel La Religieuse by French writer Denis Diderot. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
In Jacques Rivette's La Religieuse we follow the misadventures of a young woman, Suzanne, forced to become a nun by her parents. Though shot in color, the movie feels overwhelmingly grey, the color drained from…
Overview. 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.
