The Nun (film)

Infobox Film
name = La Religieuse


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director = Jacques Rivette
producer = Georges de Beauregard
writer = Denis Diderot(novel)
Jean Gruault
Jacques Rivette
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starring = Anna Karina
music = Jean-Claude Éloy
cinematography = Alain Levent
editing = Denise de Casabianca
distributor = Les Films Impéria
Hanns Eckelkamp Filmproduktion
Altura Films International
Bela Productions
Lionsgate (US)
released = May 6,1966,(France)
runtime = 135 min
country = France
language = French
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imdb_id = 0060891

"La Religieuse", also known as "Suzanne Simonin, la Religieuse de Denis Diderot" and "The Nun" in USA, is a 1966 drama film by Jacques Rivette based on the novel of the same title by Denis Diderot.

Plot summary

Cast

* Anna Karina - Suzanne Simonin
* Liselotte Pulver - Mme. de Chelles
* Micheline Presle - Mme. de Moni
* Francine Bergé - Sister St. Christine
* Francisco Rabal - Dom Morel
* Yori Bertin - Sister St. Therese
* Catherine Diamant - Sister St. Cecile
* Christiane Lenier - Mme. Simonin
* Wolfgang Reichmann - Father Lemoine

Crew

* Jacques Rivette - Screenwriter, Director
* Georges de Beauregard - Producer
* Jean-Jacques Fabri - Art Director
* Francoise Geissler - Editor
* Harold Salemson - Editor
* Denis Diderot - Book Author
* Jean-Claude Éloy - Composer (Music Score)
* Jean Gruault - Screenwriter
* Gitt Magrini - Costume Designer
* Denise de Casabianca - Editor
* Alain Levent - Cinematographer

Awards

* Nominated for Golden Palm Award at Cannes Film Festival in 1966

ee also

* "La Religieuse" (novel)
* "La Religieuse" (song)

External links

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* [http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/2008/06/64-nun.html Review by Ed Howard at Only The Cinema]