3 Movies Starring Pauline Etienne

The Nun

The Nun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-01-01

Languages:

French, Latin

Countries:

France, Germany, Belgium

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (804 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Denis Diderot (novel)

Guillaume Nicloux (adaptation)

Jèrème Beaujour (adaptation)

Fullplot:

France, in the 1760s. Born to a bourgeois family, Suzanne (Pauline Etienne) is a beautiful young girl with a natural talent for music. Despite her faith, she is dismayed when her parents send her off to a convent, expecting her to become a nun. Suzanne first resists the rules of the convent, but soon finds out that she is an illegitimate child, leaving her no other option than to pronounce her vows and suffer the consequences of her mother's sin. She soon wants to escape the religious path and is trying to revoke her vows when the Mother Superior, who had brought her comfort and solace, dies. Her successor, Sister Christine (Louise Bourgoin), turns out to be a sadistic and cruel Mother Superior, inflicting the worst forms of humiliation upon Suzanne, such as depriving her of food and clothing. Suzanne is finally transferred to another convent, where she discovers another kind of Mother Superior (Isabelle Huppert), who develops an inappropriate affectionate bond with her... Adapted from Diderot's eponymous novel, The Nun tells the story of a woman trying to resist imposed religious values, revealing the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.

Eden

Eden

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-06-19

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1416 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

Mia Hansen-Lève

Sven Hansen-Lève

Fullplot:

Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.

Tokyo Fiancèe

Tokyo Fiancèe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-10-08

Languages:

French, Japanese, English

Countries:

Belgium, France, Canada

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (403 Reviews)

Director:

Stefan Liberski

Genres:

Romance

Cast:

Writer:

Amèlie Nothomb (book)

Stefan Liberski

Fullplot:

A young Japanophile Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student.

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