MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for Love Letters of a Nun

Love Letters of a Nun

1978 · 110 min

A solemn, slow period drama heavy with repressed desire and mourning, unfolding in cloistered stillness.

Directed by
Jorge Grau
Genres
Drama
Starring
Analía Gadé, Alfredo Alcón, Teresa Gimpera
Overview
Spain 1640, the reverend superior nun Mariana, attends the death of her younger sister, Isabel's husband, who is overcome with hopelessness and heartache. Isabel then kisses and caresses the cadaver's exposed body as if he were still alive. Mother Mariana

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Jorge Grau
Genres
Drama
Starring
Analía Gadé, Alfredo Alcón, Teresa Gimpera
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • faith
    • obsession
    • isolation
    • death
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror4
    Humour0
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

    More like this

    Titles like Love Letters of a Nun

    Movie

    Cries and Whispers

    1972

    A slow, suffocating immersion in grief and emotional coldness, lit in crimson, that lingers like a raw wound.

    Slow-burn · about grief and faith

    Via
    • grief
    • faith
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    95 min
    Details
    Cries and WhispersHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    The Seventh Seal

    1957

    A solemn, haunting meditation on mortality and faith, unfolding with stark imagery and quiet existential dread.

    Slow-burn · about grief and faith

    Via
    • grief
    • faith
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    96 min
    Details
    The Seventh SealHidden from your suggestions.
    TV series

    Black Narcissus

    2020

    A hushed, oppressive atmosphere of heat and longing, where repressed desire and memory press in on you like thin mountain air.

    Slow-burn · about faith and obsession

    Via
    • faith
    • obsession
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    engaged
    Seasons
    1
    Details
    Black NarcissusHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    The Dawn

    2019

    A somber, oppressive slow burn that lingers in grief and creeping dread long after its quiet convent corridors go dark.

    Slow-burn · about grief and faith

    Via
    • grief
    • faith
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    90 min
    Details
    The DawnHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Breaking the Waves

    1996

    A raw, emotionally devastating slow burn that immerses you in a fragile, devout mind and leaves you shaken.

    Slow-burn · about grief and faith

    Via
    • grief
    • faith
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    159 min
    Details
    Breaking the WavesHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Story of a Girl Alone

    1971

    A quiet, interior study of heartbreak that drifts through a young woman's shifting moods with patience and a faint melancholy.

    Same writer: Jorge Grau · Slow-burn · about grief and isolation

    Also
    Same writer: Jorge Grau
    Via
    • grief
    • isolation
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    86 min
    Details
    Story of a Girl AloneHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Vitalina Varela

    2019

    A hushed, shadow-drenched vigil of grief, drifting through dim rooms and faces with almost unbearable patience.

    Slow-burn · about grief and isolation

    Via
    • grief
    • isolation
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    124 min
    Details
    Vitalina VarelaHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Silence

    2016

    A grueling, meditative ordeal of faith and suffering, beautiful and punishing, that asks for patience and leaves a heavy silence.

    Slow-burn · about faith and isolation

    Via
    • faith
    • isolation
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    161 min
    Details
    SilenceHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    The Margin

    1976

    A cold, languid plunge into desire and despair, drifting between Paris rooms and a distant home, ending in quiet devastation.

    Slow-burn · about grief and obsession

    Via
    • grief
    • obsession
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    88 min
    Details
    The MarginHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Eden

    2022

    A quiet, somber Spanish drama that sits heavily with a young woman's pain, asking patience as it slowly circles grief and the strange refuge she seeks.

    Slow-burn · about grief and isolation

    Via
    • grief
    • isolation
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    90 min
    Details
    EdenHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Benedetta

    2021

    A provocative, slow-burning historical drama that mixes erotic romance with religious hysteria, keeping you unsettled and intrigued.

    About faith and obsession

    Via
    • faith
    • obsession
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    131 min
    Details
    BenedettaHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Thunder

    2022

    A hushed, sunlit rural world that slowly tightens around a young woman's restless grief and desire.

    Slow-burn · about grief and faith

    Via
    • grief
    • faith
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    92 min
    Details
    ThunderHidden from your suggestions.

    Where to watch in the UK

    No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

    Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Jorge Grau
    Written by
    Jorge Grau, Gemma Arquer
    Starring
    Analía Gadé, Alfredo Alcón, Teresa Gimpera, Fernando Sánchez Polack, Lina Romay, Carme Fortuny, Virginia Mataix, Nélida Quiroga
    Cinematography
    Fernando Arribas
    Runtime
    110 min
    Country
    Spain
    Languages
    Spanish

    TMDBIMDb