The Dialogue of the Carmelites

The story takes place during the French Revolution. Order has broken down and fear is everywhere. There is a young woman from a noble family. She is terrified of dying. To be safe she takes refuge in a convent. The convent belongs to the Carmelite order. Daily life there is plain and orderly. At first she cannot fit into that life. In time the faith of the nuns works on her. She begins to face her own fear. Meanwhile the revolution arrives at the convent gate. The nuns refuse to be dispersed. The account sets fear and faith side by side. Jeanne Moreau and Alida Valli appear in the hundred and twelve minute film, a French and Italian production Raymond Leopold Bruckberger and Philippe Agostini finished in 1960.