THE NUN
by Guillaume Nicloux
synopsis
The rebellion and tragic fate of Suzanne Simonin, a charming young woman from a bourgeois family who is cloistered away in a convent against her will after discovering she is an illegitimate child. She receives some comfort from the Mother Superior, but the latter dies and is replaced by a sadistic woman who never stops bullying Suzanne. So the young woman tries everything to get her vows annulled and is transferred to another convent where she is cloaked in the dubious affection of another Mother Superior. Meanwhile, Suzanne plans her escape.
international title: | The Nun |
original title: | La Religieuse |
country: | France, Germany, Belgium |
sales agent: | Le Pacte |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Guillaume Nicloux |
film run: | 114' |
release date: | FR 20/03/2013, BE 20/03/2013, IT 05/09/2013, DE 31/10/2013, UK 01/11/2013, SK 24/11/2013, CZ 12/12/2013, ES 4/12/2015 |
screenplay: | Guillaume Nicloux, Jérôme Beaujour |
cast: | Pauline Etienne, Isabelle Huppert, Louise Bourgoin, Martina Gedeck, Agathe Bonitzer, François Négret, Gilles Cohen, Marc Barbé |
cinematography by: | Yves Cape |
film editing: | Guy Lecorne |
art director: | Olivier Radot |
costumes designer: | Anaïs Romand |
producer: | Sylvie Pialat |
co-producer: | Nicole Ringhut, Jaques-Henry Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart, Reza Bahar |
production: | Les Films du Worso, Belle Epoque Films, France 3 Cinéma, Versus Production, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma |
backing: | Canal +, Ciné+ |
distributor: | Le Pacte, O'Brother Distribution, Frenetic Films, Camino Filmverleih, Officine UBU, Metrodome Distribution, Film Europe, Film Europe s.r.o., Abordar Casa de Películas |