Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses.
Year - 1966
Directed By - Jacques Rivette
Written By - Denis Diderot (novel), Jean Grualt, Jacques Rivette
Produced By - N/A
Starring - Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé
Jacques Rivette’s masterful ‘La Religieuse’ still speaks truth to abusive power by Justin Change, LA Times