The Bondage of Cloistered Souls in Rivette’s La Religieuse and Godard’s Vivre sa vie

This study focuses on two French New Wave films starring Anna Karina, Jacques Rivette’s La Religieuse (The Nun) of 1966 and Jean-Luc Godard’s Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live) of 1962. Both explore the dilemma of entrapment in an institution, a nunnery and a prostitution ring, respectively. Rivette’s f...

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