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Black Narcissus (1000) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1000 · 176 mins · English
- Directed by
- Charlotte Bruus Christensen
- Starring
- Gemma Arterton, Jim Broadbent, Alessandro Nivola, Aisling Franciosi, Diana Rigg, Patsy Ferran
Himalayas, 1934. A crumbling cliff‑side palace, once called the ‘House of Women,’ hides dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith establish a mission there, the building’s haunting past awakens forbidden desires, threatening to repeat a terrible tragedy. The film adapts Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel.
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