The Nun

"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."

Cast

Anna Karina

as Suzanne

Liselotte Pulver

as Mme de Chelles

Micheline Presle

as Mme de Moni

Francine Bergé

as Soeur Sainte-Christine

Francisco Rabal

as Dom Morel

Christiane Lénier

as Mme Simonin

Yori Bertin

as Soeur Saint-Thérèse

Hubert Buthion

as L'Archevêque

Françoise Godde

as La Domestique

Charles Millot

as Monsieur Simonin

Marc Eyraud

as La Père Séraphin

Gilette Barbier

as Soeur Saint-Jean

Catherine Diamant

as Soeur Sainte-Ursule

Annik Morice

as Soeur Saint-Jérôme

Michel Delahaye

as Un Vicaire

Jean Martin

as Monsieur Hébert

Pierre Meyrand

as Monsieur Manouri

Wolfgang Reichmann

as Le Père Lemoine

Danielle Palmero

as Soeur Saint-Clément

Crew

Jacques Rivette

Director

Denis Diderot

Novel

Jean Gruault

Writer

Jacques Rivette

Writer

Denise de Casabianca

Editor

Alain Levent

Director of Photography

Georges de Beauregard

Producer

Roger Ferret

Associate Producer

Jean-Claude Eloy

Original Music Composer

Jean-Jacques Fabre

Production Design

Guy Littaye

Production Design

Gitt Magrini

Costume Design

Cristóbal Criado

Hairstylist

Jacky Reynal

Makeup Artist

Roger Scipion

Production Manager

Claude Bakka

Second Assistant Director

Pierre Fabre

Second Assistant Director

Philippe Fourastié

First Assistant Director

Alexis Poliakoff

Second Assistant Director

Michel Fano

Sound Designer

Urbain Loiseau

Sound

Guy Villette

Sound

Roger Delattre

Gaffer

Roger Robert

Key Grip

Pierre Zucca

Still Photographer

Jeanine Herrly

Costumer

Anne Dubot

Assistant Editor

François Geiller

Assistant Editor

Jean-Pierre Drouet

Musician

Boris Vinogradov

Conductor

Lydie Mahias

Script Supervisor

Colette Roy

Production Secretary