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Suzanne Simonin, la religieuse, Georges de Beauregard présente ; adaptation, Jean Gruault, Jacques Rivette ; mise en scène, Jacques Rivette

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Suzanne Simonin, la religieuse, Georges de Beauregard présente ; adaptation, Jean Gruault, Jacques Rivette ; mise en scène, Jacques Rivette
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Main title
Suzanne Simonin, la religieuse
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1097199856
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Georges de Beauregard présente ; adaptation, Jean Gruault, Jacques Rivette ; mise en scène, Jacques Rivette
Runtime
140
Summary
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. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses by the Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot
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live action
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ReligieuseNunDenis Diderot's The nun
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