The Nun (1967)

7.1/10 140 min Drama

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.

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

Françoise Godde

La Domestique

Charles Millot

Monsieur Simonin

Marc Eyraud

La Père Séraphin

Gilette Barbier

Soeur Saint-Jean

Catherine Diamant

Soeur Sainte-Ursule

Michel Delahaye

Un Vicaire

Jean Martin

Monsieur Hébert

Pierre Meyrand

Monsieur Manouri

Wolfgang Reichmann

Le Père Lemoine

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