The Portuguese Nun
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Eugene Green
Leonor Baldaque
Ana Moreira
Adrien Michaux
Beatriz Batarda
Diogo D=ria
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Julie, a young French actress and a fluent Portuguese speaker, is in Lisbon for the first time. She is shooting a film based on "Letters from a Portuguese Nun," a 17th-century epistolary novel, recently attributed to man of letters and French diplomat the Count de Guilleragues. During the filming, the actress gets to know the city and the daily life of its inhabitants, all the more pleased to do so since she is recovering from a bad relationship. Every night Julie comes across enigmatic and transient characters and she draws upon these experiences for the next day's filming. The role of the Portuguese nun, who succumbs to her passion for a young French officer, also has a resonance with her own past. One night, she notices a young nun, kneeling in the Nossa Senhora chapel, where they have been filming. This woman lies prostrate night after night, praying until morning. It is the exchange between these two woman that will change Julie's destiny forever.
Director
Eugene Green
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States Fall October 22, 2010
Released in United States 2009
Released in United States 2010
Released in United States August 2009
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 5-15, 2009.
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Focus on World Cinema) August 27-September 7, 2009.)
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Focus on World Cinema) August 27-September 7, 2009.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Spectrum) January 27-February 7, 2010.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 22-May 6, 2010.
Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Spectrum) January 27-February 7, 2010.)
Released in United States 2010 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 22-May 6, 2010.)
Released in United States August 2009 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 5-15, 2009.)
Limited Release in United States Fall October 22, 2010 (New York City.)
