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La religieuse = The nun / a Les Films du Worso presente ; une coproduction France-Allemagne-Belgique ; Les films du Worso, Belle Epoque Film, Versus production ; coproducteurs, Nicole Ringhut, Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart ; scenario, Guillaume Nicloux et Jerome Beaujour ; produit par Sylvie Pialat et Benoît Quainon ; un filme de Guillaume Nicloux.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Latin
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784--Film adaptations.
- Diderot, Denis.
- Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784.
- Nuns--Drama.
- Nuns.
- Catholics--Drama.
- Catholics.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Film Movement, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In Latin and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Born to a bourgeois family in 1760s France, Suzanne is a beautiful young girl with a natural talent for music. Inexplicably, her parents abruptly decide to send young Suzanne off to a convent, where she resists structure at every turn until she discovers that she is an illegitimate child. Left with no other option, she pronounces her vows and suffers the consequences of her mother's sin. Still uncertain of her path and wishing to revoke her vows, Suzanne's only ally, the Mother Superior, dies and is succeeded by Sister Christine, a sadistic and cruel woman who inflicts the worst forms of humiliation imaginable upon the young nun. Suzanne is finally transferred to another convent, only to discover another kind of Mother Superior, a woman who develops an inappropriately affectionate bond with her new charge. Ultimately, The Nun, based on the classic French novel by Diderot, is the story of a woman trying to resist imposed religious values and the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.
- Participant:
- Pauline Etienne, Isabelle Huppert.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Yve Cape; editing Guy Lecorne; music, Max Richter.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016).
- Based on the novel "The nun", written by Denis Diderot.
- Nominated 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, Golden Berlin Bear
- Nominated 2013 Chicago International Film Festival, Audience Choice Award
- Nominated 2014 Cesar Awards, France, Cesar, Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir feminin)
- Nominated 2014 Lumiere Awards, France, Lumiere Award, Most Promising Young Actress (Meilleur espoir feminin)
- Won 2014 Magritte Awards, Belgium, Magritte Award, Best Actress (Meilleure actrice)
- OCLC:
- 954043435
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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