French theatrical release poster
The Nun (French: La Religieuse) is a 2013 French drama film directed by Guillaume Nicloux. It is based on the 18th-century novel La Religieuse by French writer Denis Diderot. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2] It received two nominations at the 4th Magritte Awards, winning Best Actress for Pauline Étienne,[3] and a nomination at the 39th César Awards.[4]
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The young Suzanne Simonin is forced by her parents to become a nun. She learns that as an illegitimate child, she is supposed to atone for her mother’s sin. Her abbess treats her nicely but when she dies and another takes her place, Suzanne considers breaking her vows. Due to the maltreatment she undergoes, she is thrown into a world of punishment. It is not until a friend gives Suzanne some hope that she may not have to remain a nun forever that Suzanne's punishment does ease up.
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故事[編輯]
1760年的法國，私生女施素珊遭家人離棄。他們無視素珊的意願，執意把她送往修道院，為母親贖罪。
The Nun by Denis Diderot
'Monsignor,' I said, 'you are asking whether I promise God chastity, poverty and obedience. I heard what you said and my answer is no.'
―from MEMOIRS OF A NUN
―from MEMOIRS OF A NUN
MEMOIRS OF A NUN, which began as a joke and grew into a masterpiece, was one of the loudest salvos fired in the continuing battles between the clergy and the intelligentsia which defined so much of eighteenth-century French history. Diderot's story of a novice held in a convent against her will and forced to undergo curious spiritual and sexual trials displays all the brilliance, icy wit, and worldliness of the Enlightenment at its best. READ more here: http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/40759/memoirs-of-a-nun/
The Nun by Denis Diderot 法國電影
"Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land."
--Suzanne Simon from MEMOIRS OF A NUN (1796) by Denis Diderot
MEMOIRS OF A NUN, which began as a joke and grew into a masterpiece, was one of the loudest salvos fired in the continuing battles between the clergy and the intelligentsia which defined so much of eighteenth-century French history. Diderot’s story of a novice held in a convent against her will and forced to undergo curious spiritual and sexual trials displays all the brilliance, icy wit, and worldliness of the Enlightenment at its best. READ more here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/memoirs-of-a-nun-by-denis-did…/
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