The Nun

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The Nun () is a 2013 French drama film directed by Guillaume Nicloux. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Plot

The young Suzanne Simonin is forced by her parents to become a nun. She learns that as an illegitimate child she is supposed to atone for her mother's sin. Her abbess treats her nicely but when she dies Suzanne considers breaking her vows.

Cast

Marc Barbé as Father Castella
Pascal Bongard as Archdeacon
Agathe Bonitzer as Sister Thérèse
Louise Bourgoin as Abbess Christine
Gilles Cohen as Suzanne's father
Alice de Lencquesaing as Sister Ursule
Alexia Depicker as Sister Camille
"?loïse Dogustan as Sister Pauline
Jean-Yves Dupuis as Célestin
Pauline "?tienne as Suzanne
Martina Gedeck as Suzanne's mother
Isabelle Huppert as Abbess Saint Eutrope
Nicolas Jouhet as clergyman Sainte Marie
Françoise Lebrun as Madame de Moni
Pierre Nisse as Marquis de Crois Marie
François Négret as Maître Manouri

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter's Jordan Mintzer highlighted that director Nicloux and his co-writer Beaujour breathed new life into the classic story by making the protagonist "much more of a fighting spirit" and by subsequently adding a "revised ending". He resumed this film was "held together by a terrific lead performance". Variety's Boyd van Hoeij certified the film was "slickly assembled" and provided frequently a "painting-like" cinematography. Cine Vue's Patrick Gamble jugded "The Nun" suffered with an "inability to deviate from absurdity"".

The Nun

The Nun Information

Plot

Cast

Reception

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