The Nun

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.

Drama

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)

Marc Eyraud

(La Père Séraphin)

Gilette Barbier

(Soeur Saint-Jean)

Catherine Diamant

(Soeur Sainte-Ursule)

Annik Morice

(Soeur Saint-Jérôme)

Michel Delahaye

(Un Vicaire)

Jean Martin

(Monsieur Hébert)

Pierre Meyrand

(Monsieur Manouri)

Wolfgang Reichmann

(Le Père Lemoine)

Danielle Palmero

(Soeur Saint-Clément)