Les Scandales de « La Religieuse »

Overview

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.

Directed by Fanny Belvisi

Top cast

B

Blandine Rinkel

Self / Host

J

Jean-Christophe Laurier

Narrator

Antoine de Baecque

Self

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Isabelle Le Bourgeois

Self

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Self

F

Florence Lotterie

Self

E

Elisabeth Lusset

Self

P

Paolo Quintili

Self

B

Barbara Vinken

Self

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