In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.

Anna Karina
as Suzanne

Liselotte Pulver
as Mme de Chelles

Micheline Presle
as Mme de Moni

Francine Bergé
as Soeur Sainte-Christine

Francisco Rabal
as Dom Morel

Christiane Lénier
as Mme Simonin

Yori Bertin
as Soeur Saint-Thérèse

Hubert Buthion
as L'Archevêque

Françoise Godde
as La Domestique

Charles Millot
as Monsieur Simonin