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.
Cast
Anna Karina
Suzanne
Liselotte Pulver
Mme de Chelles
Micheline Presle
Mme de Moni
Francine Bergé
Soeur Sainte-Christine
Francisco Rabal
Dom Morel
Christiane Lénier
Mme Simonin
Yori Bertin
Soeur Saint-Thérèse
Hubert Buthion
L'Archevêque
Françoise Godde
La Domestique
Charles Millot
Monsieur Simonin
Marc Eyraud
La Père Séraphin
Gilette Barbier
Soeur Saint-Jean
Catherine Diamant
Soeur Sainte-Ursule
Annik Morice
Soeur Saint-Jérôme
Michel Delahaye
Un Vicaire
Jean Martin
Monsieur Hébert
Pierre Meyrand
Monsieur Manouri
Wolfgang Reichmann
Le Père Lemoine
Danielle Palmero
Soeur Saint-Clément
Crew
Jacques Rivette
Director, Writer
Jean Gruault
Writer
Denis Diderot
Novel
Denise de Casabianca
Editor
Anne Dubot
Assistant Editor
François Geiller
Assistant Editor
Alain Levent
Director of Photography
Philippe Fourastié
First Assistant Director
Claude Bakka
Second Assistant Director
Pierre Fabre
Second Assistant Director
Alexis Poliakoff
Second Assistant Director
Georges de Beauregard
Producer
Roger Ferret
Associate Producer
Jean-Jacques Fabre
Production Design
Guy Littaye
Production Design
Gitt Magrini
Costume Design
Jeanine Herrly
Costumer
Cristóbal Criado
Hairstylist
Jacky Reynal
Makeup Artist
Michel Fano
Sound Designer
Urbain Loiseau
Sound
Guy Villette
Sound
Jean-Claude Eloy
Original Music Composer
Jean-Pierre Drouet
Musician
Pierre Zucca
Still Photographer
Lydie Mahias
Script Supervisor
Roger Robert
Key Grip
Roger Delattre
Gaffer
Roger Scipion
Production Manager
Boris Vinogradov
Conductor
Colette Roy
Production Secretary
