The Nun (2005)
"La monja" (original title)

A group of teenage girls are terrorized by Sister Ursula, a nun that believes she must rid the world of all sin. After Sister Ursula mysteriously disappears, the Catholic school is shut ... See full summary »

Director:

Luis de la Madrid

Writers:

Manu Díez (screenplay), Jaume Balagueró (story)

Stars:

Anita Briem, Belén Blanco, Manu Fullola

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anita Briem	...	Eve
Belén Blanco	...	Julia
Manu Fullola	...	Gabriel
Alistair Freeland	...	Joel
Cristina Piaget	...	Sister Úrsula
Paulina Gálvez	...	Zoe
Natalia Dicenta	...	Susan
Lola Marceli	...	Mary
Teté Delgado	...	Cristy (as Tete Delgado)
Oriana Bonet	...	Eulalia
Katrine Romming	...	Mary 17
Maia Jenkinson	...	Eulalia 17
Joana Rañé	...	Zoe 17
Gemma Martínez	...	Cristy 17
Meritxell Santamaria	...	Susan 17

Storyline

A group of teenage girls are terrorized by Sister Ursula, a nun that believes she must rid the world of all sin. After Sister Ursula mysteriously disappears, the Catholic school is shut down. Many years later, the women, all grown up, are terrorized by a ghostly nun. The daughter of one of the women sets out to find out what happened all those years ago.

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Plot Keywords:

nun | throat slitting | british horror | priest | violence | 

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Taglines:

Not all water is holy...

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence and language

Details

Country:

Spain UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 November 2005 (Spain)

Also Known As:

The Nun

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$59,269 (Mexico) (4 August 2006)

Gross:

$871,639 (Mexico) (4 August 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fantastic Factory (Filmax), Filmax Group, Future Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the water is filling in the shower room at the end, the water is closer to the light fixture in one scene than it is in the next scene.

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Quotes

Joel: What is this, "I know what you did 18 summers ago"?

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Connections

Referenced in Beneath Still Waters (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Muchacha Borracha"
Written by Dani Nel·lo and Jorge Soto
Performed by Vértigo
Courtesy of Dani Nel·lo and Jorge Soto
Blue Moon Records

User Reviews

What is this, "I know what you did 18 summers ago"?

There aren't enough horror movies featuring nuns. In fact, this is the first one I have seen. I was really hoping for something good, but I got a Spanish film that cut out the middleman and made a Hollywood remake as the original film. Sounds complicated, but it's not hard to comprehend if you think about it. Hollywood cannot remake this film as it has already been done.

Now, Icelandic beauty Anita Briem, in her first film, and Belén Blanco (The Whore and The Whale) make this film worth the time spent, but it could have been so much more.

That is not to say that the elevator scene wasn't great, but we've seen this film over and over without the nun. That's not enough to make it worthwhile, and, as for expected nudity in a horror flick, this one had nun.