In het achttiende-eeuwse Frankrijk wordt een meisje tegen haar wil gedwongen de geloften als non af te leggen. Drie moeders-overste behandelen haar op radicaal verschillende manieren, variërend van moederlijke zorgen tot sadistische vervolging en lesbische verlangens.
Nee, helaas is La Religieuse nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Jacques Rivette | Director |
| Writing | Denis Diderot | Novel |
| Writing | Jean Gruault | Writer |
| Writing | Jacques Rivette | Writer |
| Editing | Denise de Casabianca | Editor |
| Camera | Alain Levent | Director of Photography |
| Production | Georges de Beauregard | Producer |
| Production | Roger Ferret | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Jean-Claude Eloy | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Jean-Jacques Fabre | Production Design |
| Art | Guy Littaye | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gitt Magrini | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cristóbal Criado | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacky Reynal | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Roger Scipion | Production Manager |
| Directing | Claude Bakka | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pierre Fabre | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Philippe Fourastié | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alexis Poliakoff | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Michel Fano | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Urbain Loiseau | Sound |
| Sound | Guy Villette | Sound |
| Lighting | Roger Delattre | Gaffer |
| Camera | Roger Robert | Key Grip |
| Camera | Pierre Zucca | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeanine Herrly | Costumer |
| Editing | Anne Dubot | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | François Geiller | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Drouet | Musician |
| Sound | Boris Vinogradov | Conductor |
| Directing | Lydie Mahias | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Colette Roy | Production Secretary |