(French speaking region) (Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie de Bienne)
Sep 19, 2013
USA
(Chicago International Film Festival)
Oct 15, 2013
Germany
No data
Oct 31, 2013
Switzerland
(German speaking region)
Oct 31, 2013
Ireland
No data
Nov 1, 2013
UK
No data
Nov 1, 2013
Sweden
(Stockholm International Film Festival)
Nov 8, 2013
Hong Kong
(Hong Kong French Cinepanorama)
Nov 20, 2013
Slovakia
No data
Nov 24, 2013
Hong Kong
No data
Nov 28, 2013
Czech Republic
No data
Dec 12, 2013
Peru
No data
Dec 19, 2013
Singapore
No data
Jan 9, 2014
Austria
No data
Feb 21, 2014
Hungary
No data
Mar 13, 2014
Colombia
(limited)
Jun 6, 2014
USA
No data
Jan 2015
Argentina
No data
Jul 30, 2015
Uruguay
(Festival de Cine de Merida, Venezuela)
Oct 9, 2015
Spain
(limited)
Dec 4, 2015
Uruguay
No data
Apr 28, 2016
La religieuse
(Original title)
La religiosa
Argentina
A Religiosa
Brazil
Монахинята
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)
La religieuse
Canada (French title)
La religiosa
Colombia
La Religieuse
France
Die Nonne
Germany
Η μοναχή
Greece
Az apáca
Hungary
The Nun
Ireland (English title)
La religiosa
Italy
La religiosa
Peru
Zakonnica
Poland
Монахиня
Russia
Mníska
Slovakia
La religiosa
Spain
The Nun
Sweden
The Nun
UK
The Nun
USA
La religiosa
Uruguay (original subtitled version)
Sex & Nudity
Mild
In one scene three nuns remove a main character's clothing as part of a punishment / strip search. Full frontal nudity is clearly visible. The scene is not sexual.
Sexual abuse within a convent: A nun in a position of authority forces herself on a main character (also a nun), touching her and forcing her head to turn so they can kiss. The scene ends abruptly.
Violence & Gore
Moderate
A young woman is forced to walk down a series of steps covered in sharp objects without covering for her feet. She is then shown picking glass out of her bleeding feet. Slightly graphic; tense scene.
Hazing and bullying behaviors towards an individual, including threats/demands of silence about the events afterward.
Institutionalized starvation, exposure, neglect, and abuse.
A nun spits in another woman's face while passing her in a hallway.
Profanity
Unrated
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
None
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Mild
A young woman is deprived of food within a convent. A doctor reports to other nuns that she must be fed if she is to live, indicating she is in danger of starvation.
A woman loses consciousness for two days and has no memory of events which greatly change her life.
Mysterious circumstances surrounding a character's death. Rumors of possible suicide, murder, accident.
A woman in a position of authority becomes increasingly obsessed with a young girl. Implications of grooming and molestation of adolescent girls.