Movie

The Nun

1967 · 140 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into institutional cruelty and spiritual despair, anchored by a haunting central performance.

Tagline: The banned film by Jacques Rivette
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Faith, isolation, power, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
isolation
power
identity
grief
Places: single country house
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild