In 18th-century France, a young woman (Anna Karina) is dispatched to a convent, where she is lorded over by three radically different mother superiors (Micheline Presle, Francine Berge, Liselotte Pulver). Madame Simonin: Christine Lenier. Simonin: Charles Millot. Souer Saint-Jean: Gillette Barbier. Soeur Saint-Therese: Yuri Bertin. Hebert: Jean Martin. Manouri: Pierre Meyrand.