Released in 1796 posthumously, The Nun, a novel that Diderot did not dream of publishing during his lifetime, as he knew it to be revolutionary, caused the same explosion in the 19th century France as in that of the 1960s, when Jacques Rivette decided to adapt it, with Anna Karina in the title role. “This film is banned and it will remain so!” said the General de Gaulle. Exploration of an indictment of incredible modernity which, through the tragedy of the young Suzanne, locked up in the convent against her will, denounces the inequity of a society denying women all moral, political and sexual freedom.
Directed by Fanny Belvisi
Blandine Rinkel
Self / Host
Jean-Christophe Laurier
Narrator
Antoine de Baecque
Self
Isabelle Le Bourgeois
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Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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Florence Lotterie
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Elisabeth Lusset
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Paolo Quintili
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