Distribution

The Nun (La Religieuse)

Dir: Jacques Rivette

France

1966

140 mins

12A

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Belmont Filmhouse

17/08/2018

- 19/08/2018

Aberdeen

Broadway Cinema

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Nottingham

Chapter

19/08/2018

- 21/08/2018

Excluded Dates: 20th

Cardiff

Chelmsford Film Club

26/03/0201

- 26/03/2019

Chelmsford

Chichester Cinema at New Park

23/09/2018

- 23/09/2018

Chichester

Cine Lumiere

23/09/2018

- 23/09/2018

Kensington and Chelsea,

London

Cine Lumiere

26/05/2019

- 26/05/2019

Kensington and Chelsea,

London

Filmhouse

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Edinburgh

Glasgow Film Theatre

17/08/2018

- 19/08/2018

Glasgow

HOME

17/08/2018

- 18/08/2018

Manchester

ICA

27/07/2018

- 08/08/2018

Excluded Dates: 4th-7th

Westminster,

London

Irish Film Institute

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Dublin

King Street Cinema

13/09/2018

- 13/09/2018

Ipswich

Phoenix

10/08/2018

- 13/08/2018

Leicester

Queen's Film Theatre

24/08/2018

- 26/08/2018

Belfast

Regent Street Cinema

19/08/2018

- 19/08/2018

Westminster,

London

Showroom Workstation

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Sheffield

Tyneside Cinema

27/07/2018

- 09/08/2018

Excluded Dates: 27th, 28th, 31st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th

Newcastle upon Tyne

Warwick Arts Centre

15/08/2018

- 16/08/2018

Coventry

Watershed

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Bristol

Belmont Filmhouse

17/08/2018

- 19/08/2018

Aberdeen

Filmhouse

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Edinburgh

Glasgow Film Theatre

17/08/2018

- 19/08/2018

Glasgow

Broadway Cinema

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Nottingham

Phoenix

10/08/2018

- 13/08/2018

Leicester

Warwick Arts Centre

15/08/2018

- 16/08/2018

Coventry

Chapter

19/08/2018

- 21/08/2018

Excluded Dates: 20th

Cardiff

Chelmsford Film Club

26/03/0201

- 26/03/2019

Chelmsford

King Street Cinema

13/09/2018

- 13/09/2018

Ipswich

Chichester Cinema at New Park

23/09/2018

- 23/09/2018

Chichester

Cine Lumiere

23/09/2018

- 23/09/2018

Kensington and Chelsea,

London

Cine Lumiere

26/05/2019

- 26/05/2019

Kensington and Chelsea,

London

ICA

27/07/2018

- 08/08/2018

Excluded Dates: 4th-7th

Westminster,

London

Regent Street Cinema

19/08/2018

- 19/08/2018

Westminster,

London

HOME

17/08/2018

- 18/08/2018

Manchester

Showroom Workstation

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Sheffield

Tyneside Cinema

27/07/2018

- 09/08/2018

Excluded Dates: 27th, 28th, 31st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th

Newcastle upon Tyne

Irish Film Institute

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Dublin

Queen's Film Theatre

24/08/2018

- 26/08/2018

Belfast

Watershed

27/07/2018

- 02/08/2018

Bristol

Cast:

Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé

“Queen of the New Wave returns…” click here for press

This year the ICO re-releases one of the most breath-taking and emotional works of French cinema. Jacques Rivette’s exquisite 1966 drama The Nun appears now in a glorious new 4K digital restoration, ready for cinema audiences to revisit or discover for the first time in 2018.

Nouvelle Vague icon Anna Karina is Suzanne, a young woman forced against her will to take vows as a nun, in a film that was highly controversial at the time of its initial release in France due to its portrayal of life within the church.

Based on the book of the same name by Denis Diderot and following on from an earlier stage adaptation produced by Jean-Luc Godard which also starred Karina to great acclaim, The Nun was a work that took Rivette many years to realise. This is a great opportunity for new audiences to engage with an iconic but lesser-known work of the 20th century.

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Press

“Queen of the new wave returns […] part melodrama, part erotic memoir” ★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian review

“A welcome re-release of Jacques Rivette’s second feature, a ferocious and lightly erotic takedown of organised religion” ★★★★
David Jenkins, Little White Lies review

“Bleak, strong and voluptuously austere” ★★★★
Nigel Andrews, Financial Times review

“Full of anarchic fun” ★★★★
Filmuforia review

“Startling and serious intent […] played with rock star swagger by Anna Karina” ★★★
Kevin Maher, The Times review

“A gorgeous restoration […] an austere, elegant adaptation of its satirical source (with) a passionate central performance from Karina”
Pamela Hutchinson, Guardian feature ‘Twisted sisters: why the film world loves nuns’

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