Another Powell & Pressburger classic with excellent cinematography by Jack Cardiff.
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##Black Narcissus (1947) NR
A story of exquisite yearning in a strange and beautiful land. Towering over the screen … as the mountains that saw it happen.
>>!A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.!<
Drama
Director: Emeric Pressburger
Actors: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson
Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 75% with 471 votes
Runtime: 1:40
[TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16391)
Another Powell & Pressburger classic with excellent cinematography by Jack Cardiff.
##Black Narcissus (1947) NR
A story of exquisite yearning in a strange and beautiful land. Towering over the screen … as the mountains that saw it happen.
>>!A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.!<
Drama
Director: Emeric Pressburger
Actors: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson
Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 75% with 471 votes
Runtime: 1:40
[TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16391)
https://youtu.be/CzmbuxPR5Ng?si=gSy2ZhDc0lzH8kSF
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Anglicans have nuns? I thought Henry VIII put an end to all that.