A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.
Acting
Julie Sokolowski's terrifying stillness—she barely blinks, you barely breathe.
Direction
Dumont's brutal refusal to comfort his audience.
Cinematography
Bleak French landscapes as spiritual wasteland.
Director
Bruno Dumont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dumont deliberately cast non-professionals, including Sokolowski found at a Parisian café, to capture raw spiritual hunger without actorly polish.
The film sparked controversy in France for its parallel treatment of Catholic and Islamic extremism, with critics accusing Dumont of false equivalence—or profound honesty.
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