Le Dialogue des Carmélites (1960)
Dir: Philippe Agostini, Raymond Leopold Bruckberger Drama
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Overview
Le Dialogue des Carmélites is a French-Italian film first released in 1960,
directed by Philippe Agostini and Raymond Leopold Bruckberger.
The film is based on a novel by Gertrud von Le Fort and stars Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli, Madeleine Renaud, Pascale Audret and Pierre Brasseur.
It has also been released under the title: Dialogue with the Carmelites.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
In May 1789, two young women enter a Carmelite convent in the town of
Compiègne, France. One of the girls, Sister
Constance, is a happy soul who willingly offers herself up to the
austere life of the community. The other, Sister Blanche, is
fearful and obsessed with death. Not long after the revolution
begins, Sister Blanche’s brother, an aristocrat, seeks refuge in the
convent. When the republican police discover this, the two novice
sisters are pursued and ultimately brought to trial...
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