1966 · drama · historical
The Nun
Directed by Jacques Rivette2h 20m1966
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.
Our read: The Nun (1966) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · historical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / historical, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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