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Around 1750, a young girl is sent to a convent against her will. When she asks to renounce her vows, she finds herself caught in a fatal trap. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*In its sculptural compositions and meticulous choreography of bodies through space,...

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Other Authors: Rivette, Jacques, 1928-2016 (Screenwriter), Gruault, Jean (Screenwriter), Karina, Anna, 1940-2019 (Actor), Pulver, Liselotte (Actor), Presle, Micheline (Actor), Bergé, Francine (Actor), Rabal, Francisco, 1926-2001 (Actor), Diamant, Catherine, 1944- (Actor), Millot, Charles, 1921-2003 (Actor), Lénier, Christiane (Actor), Reichmann, Wolfgang (Actor), Bertin, Yori (Actor), Eloy, Jean Claude (composer (expression)), Levent, Alain (director of photography.), Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
Format: Video
Language:French
Language Notes:French dialogue with English subtitles.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Kino Lorber, 1965.
Subjects:
Nuns > France > History > 18th century > Drama.
Nuns.
France.
1700-1799
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
History.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:Around 1750, a young girl is sent to a convent against her will. When she asks to renounce her vows, she finds herself caught in a fatal trap. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*In its sculptural compositions and meticulous choreography of bodies through space, it has a recognizably Rivettian formal beauty.*" - Justin Chang, **The Los Angeles Times**
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Loosely based on the novel by Diderot.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966.
This version produced by Kino Lorber.
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (141 minutes): .flv file, sound, color.
Production Credits:Photography, Alain Levent ; editing, Denise de Casabianca ; music, Jean-Claude Eloy.