The Portuguese Nun

Name: The Portuguese Nun
Genre: Drama
Released: October 22, 2010
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 61

2010

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Release Date: October 22, 2010

Summary: Julie de Hauranne, a young French actress must travel to Lisbon and and portray a Portuguese nun, in a film inspired by the Portuguese Letters of Guilleragues. (Bodega Films)

Director: Eugène Green

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 127 min

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V.A. Musetto

Oct 22, 2010

An unconventional movie that requires an unconventional mindset to appreciate. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Oct 21, 2010

The Portuguese Nun has wit and feeling, though the wit is at times almost imperceptibly subtle and the feeling somewhat stylized. Read full review

David Fear

Oct 20, 2010

Even those that have acquired a taste for Green's rigorous, super-ascetic aesthetic may find this French drama about a starlet (Baldaque) to be almost as bare as it is spare. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Oct 20, 2010

A tedious slog alleviated only by widescreen shots of the Portuguese capital and terrific fado singing. Read full review

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