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.
Anna Karina
as Suzanne
Liselotte Pulver
as Mme de Chelles
Micheline Presle
as Mme de Moni
Francine Bergé
as Soeur Sainte-Christine
Francisco Rabal
as Dom Morel
Christiane Lénier
as Mme Simonin
Yori Bertin
as Soeur Saint-Thérèse
Hubert Buthion
as L'Archevêque
Françoise Godde
as La Domestique
Charles Millot
as Monsieur Simonin
Marc Eyraud
as La Père Séraphin
Gilette Barbier
as Soeur Saint-Jean