Writers: Denis Diderot, Jean Gruault, Jacques Rivette
Release date: 08 Jul 1971
Countries: France
Languages: French, Latin
Runtime: 140 min
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Storyline: The Nun (1966) In eighteenth-century France a girl (Suzanne Simonin) is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior (Madame de Moni, Sister Sainte-Christine, and Madame de Chelles) treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses by the Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot.