Directed by:
Jacques RivetteCinematography:
Alain LeventComposer:
Jean-Claude EloyCast:
Anna Karina, Micheline Presle, Liselotte Pulver, Francine Bergé, Francisco Rabal, Jean Martin, Catherine Diamant, Christiane Lénier, Marc Eyraud (more)Plots(1)
Jacques Rivette writes and directs this French drama based on the novel by Denis Diderot. Set in 18th century France, the film follows young Suzanne Simonin (Anna Karina) as she is forced to become a nun against her will. Mistreated by a number of her elders, Suzanne falls into a depression and attempts to get the church to absolve her vows. When this is denied, a desperate Suzanne is forced to go to extreme lengths to try and escape her bleak existence. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Anna Karina
Denmark
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
My Life to Live (1962)
Micheline Presle
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
It Happened in the Park (1953)
Liselotte Pulver
Switzerland
Best movies:
One, Two, Three (1961)
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (1957)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
Francine Bergé
France
Best movies:
Wild Innocence (2001)
The Crimson Rivers (2000)
The Nun (1966)
Francisco Rabal
Spain
Best movies:
History (1986) (TV movie)
Viridiana (1961)
La colmena (1982)
Jean Martin
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Catherine Diamant
Best movies:
The Nun (1966)
Devil in the Flesh (1986)
Five Women for the Killer (1974)
Christiane Lénier
France
Best movies:
The Nun (1966)
Marc Eyraud
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Confession (1970)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Charles Millot
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
To Die of Love (1971)
The Train (1964)
Yori Bertin
France
Best movies:
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
The Nun (1966)
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
Michel Delahaye
Algeria
Pierre Meyrand
France
Best movies:
The Three Brothers (1995)
The Nun (1966)
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Gilette Barbier
Best movies:
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977)
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
The Rise of Louis XIV (1966) (TV movie)
Françoise Godde
France
Wolfgang Reichmann
German Empire
Best movies:
The Mysterious Magician (1964)
The Trial (1962)
The Nun (1966)