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The Nun is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jacques Rivette released in USA on 8 july 1971 with Anna Karina

The Nun (1966)

The Nun
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Released in USA 8 july 1971
Length 2h15
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Rating74% 3.7425453.7425453.7425453.7425453.742545

The Nun (French: La Religieuse, also known as French: Suzanne Simonin, la Religieuse de Denis Diderot) is a 1966 French drama film directed by Jacques Rivette and based on the novel of the same title by Denis Diderot.

Synopsis

The Nun starts out with a young woman, named Suzanne, in a wedding gown preparing to take her vows of chastity, obedience, and poverty to make herself a nun, but she refuses at the

Actors

Anna Karina

(Suzanne)Liselotte Pulver

(Mme de Chelles)Micheline Presle

(Mme de Moni)Francisco Rabal

(Dom Morel)Francine Bergé

(Soeur Sainte-Christine)
And :
Yori Bertin
Wolfgang Reichmann
Gilette Barbier
Françoise Godde
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