The Nun
The banned film by Jacques Rivette
The banned film by Jacques Rivette
Drama
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1967
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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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Runtime:
140 min
Release date:
26 Jul 1967
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A great film that remains one of the cornerstones of the French New Wave.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
12 Nov 2007
fresh:
A beautiful, calm, austere movie that somehow manages to be remarkably faithful to the original, yet quite different in tone.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
The French censors banned the film for over a year, thus generating both notoriety and goodwill, neither justified.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006