The Nun(La Religieuse)
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France · 1966
2h 20m
Director Jacques Rivette
Starring Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé
Genre Drama
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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.
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