Beautiful, intense, wonderful. "The Nun" (original title "La Religieuse") by Denis Diderot, first published posthumously in 1792 after Diderot's death, offers exceptional material for film. In 1966, the literary classic was adapted by French Nouvelle Vague director Jacques Rivette, only to fall victim to censorship immediately. Diderot ruthlessly reveals the injustices within an unyielding system in his literary classic about a nun against her will, expressing a unmistakable critique of the Catholic Church. French director Guillaume Nicloux takes on the material of this scandalous novel once again in a modern adaptation, which has not lost its power to shock to this day. This is the new edition of the famous novel by Denis Diderot for the film adaptation by Guillaume Nicloux, featuring Isabelle Hupert, Martina Gedeck, and Pauline Etienn.