
The Nun(1967)
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.


Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers.

Gérard Depardieu
Donissan

Sandrine Bonnaire
Mouchette

Maurice Pialat
Menou-Segrais
Brigitte Legendre
La mère de Mouchette

Alain Artur
Cadignan

Yann Dedet
Gallet
Jean-Claude Bourlat
Malorthy

Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Le maquignon
Philippe Pallut
Le carrier
Marcel Anselin
Mgr Gerbier
Under the Sun of Satan is a drama film released in 1987 exploring themes of suicide, based on novel or book, supernatural, priest, religion, dean. Directed by Maurice Pialat, it stars Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat. Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers.
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