The banned film by Jacques Rivette
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.
Mme de Chelles
La Père Séraphin
Dom Morel
Suzanne
Mme de Moni
Monsieur Hébert
Monsieur Simonin
Un Vicaire
Le Père Lemoine
Soeur Sainte-Christine
Soeur Saint-Thérèse
Soeur Saint-Jean
Mme Simonin
Soeur Sainte-Ursule
Monsieur Manouri
L'Archevêque
Soeur Saint-Jérôme
La Domestique
Soeur Saint-Clément