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The Portuguese Nun

The Portuguese Nun (A Religiosa Portuguesa)

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  • Portugal,
  • France
  • 2009
  • · 127m

Director Eugène Green
Cast Leonor Baldaque, Ana Moreira, Adrien Michaux, Beatriz Batarda, Diogo Dória, Carloto Cotta
Genre Drama

A young French actress in Lisbon to shoot a movie is intrigued by a nun she sees kneeling in the chapel where she is filming.

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75

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

An unconventional movie that requires an unconventional mindset to appreciate.

70

The New York Times by A.O. Scott

The Portuguese Nun has wit and feeling, though the wit is at times almost imperceptibly subtle and the feeling somewhat stylized.

60

Time Out by David Fear

Even those that have acquired a taste for Green's rigorous, super-ascetic aesthetic may find this French drama about a starlet (Baldaque) to be almost as bare as it is spare.

30

Variety

A tedious slog alleviated only by widescreen shots of the Portuguese capital and terrific fado singing.