Taglines: Pray for forgiveness.
In 1952 Romania, two Roman Catholic nuns living at the Saint Cartha’s monastery are attacked by an unseen force when they enter a tunnel to retrieve an ancient Christian relic. The surviving nun, Sister Victoria, flees from the attacker, a demon appearing as a nun, and hangs herself. Her body is discovered by Frenchie, a villager who transports supplies to the nuns.
The Vatican learns of the incident and summons Father Burke to Rome, where they ask him to travel with Sister Irene, a nun in her novitiate, to Romania in order to investigate the situation. While Sr. Irene is teaching children the relationship between religion and science in a school, her Mother Superior interrupts her and informs her that Burke has arrived in order to request Irene’s accompaniment in his trip to Romania. The pair travel to Romania and meet with Frenchie, who leads them to the abbey. They discover Victoria’s body and remove a key from her corpse.
Inside, they encounter the Abbess, who informs them that the nuns observe a period of silence during the night and offers them lodging at the attached convent if they wish to return the next day. Frenchie is attacked by a demon as he returns to the village, but escapes. Burke tells Irene that a boy he exorcised, Daniel, was fatally injured during the exorcism, and Burke has carried the burden of the boy’s death with him ever since. Irene reveals that as a girl, she had visions particularly of a nun, causing the Church to take an interest in her. Burke is rescued by Irene after being buried alive in the graveyard by the demonic entity.
The Nun (2018)
Directed by: Corin Hardy
Starring: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Bonnie Aarons, Ingrid Bisu, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor, Charlotte Hope, Sandra Teles, Lynnette Gaza, Ani Sava
Screenplay by: Gary Dauberman
Production Design by: Jennifer Spence
Cinematography by: Maxime Alexandre
Film Editing by: Michel Aller, Ken Blackwell
Costume Design by: Sharon Gilham
Set Decoration by: Gina Calin
Art Direction by: Adrian Curelea, Vraciu Eduard Daniel
Music by: Abel Korzeniowski
MPAA Rating: R for terror, violence, and disturbing/bloody images.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema
Release Date: September 7, 2018
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