Denis Diderot’s novel has been adapted for the screen several times. In 1966 Jacques Rivette made a film version with Anna Karina and Liselotte Pulver so daringly critical of the church it was temporarily banned by the French censors. Guillaume Nicloux however concentrates on the fate of a young woman pitted against a merciless system which crushes the individual. His film gradually divorces itself from the circumstances of this particular story to describe a universal drama.
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Sylvie Pialat (Producer), Louise Bourgoin (Actress), Isabelle Huppert (Actress), Guillaume Nicloux (Director, Screenwriter), Pauline Etienne (Actress), Martina Gedeck (Actress), Françoise Lebrun (Actress)
La Religieuse | The Nun
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 10, 2013
Sylvie Pialat (Producer), Louise Bourgoin (Actress), Isabelle Huppert (Actress), Guillaume Nicloux (Director, Screenwriter), Pauline Etienne (Actress), Martina Gedeck (Actress), Françoise Lebrun (Actress)
La Religieuse | The Nun
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 10, 2013