Released in 1796 posthumously, The Nun, a novel that Diderot did not dream of publishing during his lifetime, as he knew it to be revolutionary, caused the same explosion in the 19th century France as in that of the 1960s, when Jacques Rivette decided to adapt it, with Anna Karina in the title role. “This film is banned and it will remain so!” said the General de Gaulle. Exploration of an indictment of incredible modernity which, through the tragedy of the young Suzanne, locked up in the convent against her will, denounces the inequity of a society denying women all moral, political and sexual freedom.
Blandine Rinkel
as Self / Host
Jean-Christophe Laurier
as Narrator
Antoine de Baecque
as Self
Isabelle Le Bourgeois
as Self
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
as Self
Florence Lotterie
as Self
Elisabeth Lusset
as Self
Paolo Quintili
as Self
Barbara Vinken
as Self
