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The Nun

Play trailer Poster for The Nun 2013,  1h 54m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A young woman (Pauline Etienne) learns that she is an illegitimate child and must atone for her mother's sins by becoming a nun.
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Nigel Andrews Financial Times Nov 7, 2013
4/5
Pauline Etienne as the heroine is a harmonising centre, believable, luminous, quiet-spoken, poignant. Go to Full Review
Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard Nov 1, 2013
2/5
Looks as tasteful as can be but, in terms of emotion, lacks any kind of finesse. Go to Full Review
Sophie Monks Kaufman Little White Lies Oct 31, 2013
3/5
This Isabelle Huppert drama starts promisingly, but sadly reveals itself as a piece of hackneyed nunsploitation. Go to Full Review
Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf Jun 7, 2019
3/5
If only the whole film had maintained this pared-down dramatic aesthetic. Go to Full Review
Ben Nicholson CineVue Mar 6, 2019
2/5
Nicloux's The Nun is lovely to look at and has given Etienne a chance to shine, which she does with aplomb. Sadly, it doesn't bare too much thinking about. Go to Full Review
Catherine Shoard Observer (UK) Nov 4, 2013
3/5
It's an affecting and frank take on the loneliness of faith as well as faithlessness, whose horrors come in odd contrast to the plush production values. Go to Full Review
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Guillaume Nicloux

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Pauline Etienne

Suzanne Simonin

Isabelle Huppert

La Mère Supérieure du couvent Saint Eutrope

Louise Bourgoin

Sœur Christine,Mère Supérieure du couvent Sainte Marie

Martina Gedeck

La mère de Suzanne

Françoise Lebrun

Madame de Moni, Mère Supérieure du couvent Sainte Marie

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The Nun

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman (Pauline Etienne) learns that she is an illegitimate child and must atone for her mother's sins by becoming a nun.
Director
Guillaume Nicloux
Producer
Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon
Screenwriter
Guillaume Nicloux, Jérôme Beaujour, Denis Diderot
Production Co
Gifted Films, Belle Epoque Films, Les Films du Worso, Versus Production, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Hérodiade, France 3 Cinéma, Belgacom, Cinefeel, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 54m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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