The Nun (1966 film)
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La Religieuse (The Nun) is an 18th century French novel, by Denis Diderot. Completed in c. 1780, the work, however, wasn't published until 1796, after his death. In English it is called The Nun, or Memoirs of a Nun in Francis Birrell's translation.
The novel was supposedly begun originally not as a work for literary consumption but as an elaborate practical joke aimed at luring the Marquis de Croismare, a companion of Diderot's, back to Paris. The novel is told in a series of letters purporting to be from a nun, Suzanne, who implores the Marquis to help her in renouncing her vows, and describes her intolerable life in the convent.
Diderot later revised the letters into a novel and publicly revealed his role in the ruse. The Marquis is said to have laughed at the revelation.
La Religieuse was adapted several times for the cinema, most notably in 1966 as La Religieuse (titled The Nun in USA) by Jacques Rivette, starring Anna Karina and Liselotte Pulver.
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