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.
- Year: 1966
- Country: France
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: SNC, Rome-Paris Films
- Keyword: suicide, nun, lesbian relationship, priest
- Director: Jacques Rivette
- Cast: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé, Francisco Rabal, Christiane Lénier