The Nun: Synopsis, Trailer, Cast and Review

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Produced by James Wan, the film by The nun He came to theaters to explain several of the events of the saga. The spell.

The nun (The nun, original title) is a supernatural horror film that was released on September 7, 2018. Under the direction of Corin hardy, the film is part of one of the most iconic sagas of the genre: The spell. Let us remember that this «universe», which is known in Spain as the Warren file, began in 2013 with the release of the first film with the same name.

In the case of The nun, quickly became one of the highest grossing productions in the franchise. The production written by Gary Dauberman and James Wan only needed $ 22 million. Instead, it managed to pocket more than 360 million internationally. Within the chronology of the saga, it is the first film to present a plot that is located in the year 1955. That is, only 3 years before the events of Annabelle: Creation.

Synopsis

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A young nun takes her own life in a remote Romanian monastery. In response, the Vatican sends Father Burke to investigate the events and causes that led to the nun's death. He is accompanied on his mission by a novice who is very close to making her vows. Since his arrival, things start to get weird. Sooner rather than later, they will come face to face with the demonic entity named Valak.

Movie trailer The nun

The spin-off of the franchise The spell Its great antagonist is the demon Valak, from whom we obtained the first references in the film that opened the saga. It is worth mentioning that the film has music by Abel Korzeniowski and photography by Maxime Alexandre.

Cast of actors

The nun has as main characters Sister Irene, who is played by Taissa farmiga. Notably, she is the younger sister of the famous Vera Farmiga, who plays Lorraine Warren in the same horror franchise. Likewise, Demián Bichir takes over another important character in the film, Father Burke.

The paper of The nunjust like the devil Valak, It is in charge of Bonnie aarons. She is an American actress that we have already seen in other movies like Dreams, mysteries and secrets Y The princess's Diary. Within his career of the horror genre, productions such as I know who killed me Y Drag Me to Hell.

The cast at the same time includes Jonas Bloquet as Frenchie / Maurice; Ingrid Bisu, as Sister Oana; Charlotte Hope, as Sister Victoria; Jonny Coyne, as Gregoro; Mark Steger, as the Duke; Sandra Teles, as Sister Ruth; Manuela Ciucur, as Sister Christine; Ani Sava, as Sister Jessica; and Maria Obretin, as Sister Abigail.

Movie review The nun

Despite becoming one of the highest grossing films in the series, The nun generated mixed reviews. Most of the comments in the trade press range from "fair" to "bad." In the opinion of some film specialists, it moves away from the dark tone and style that gave the franchise its identity since the beginning of the previous decade.

Bilge Ebiri concludes that he has little originality in his analysis of Rolling Stone, getting lost among the multiple clichés of the genre.

"Once everyone arrives at the abbey, the movie just surrenders to the ghost and cynically resorts to all known horror tricks," he opined.

In your review of WTOP, Jason Fraley at the same time regrets that the movie of The nun it lacks any surprising and authentic elements to justify the making of this prequel.

"The casting of this prequel by Farmiga's sister is the only striking resemblance, as The Nun turns a once-stellar franchise into a bad habit," he said.

Likewise, Cristina Urrutia criticized for IGN Latin America Let the tape throw up a whole series of inconsistencies.

"The film has spectacular locations that are consistent with the environment it seeks to capture (...) but all of this is overshadowed by a simple script, incoherent sequences and archetypal characters," he said.

For his part, Maximiliano Torres assures for the newspaper Millennium that the production does not meet the basic principle of any horror movie: scare.

"Prone to easy scares, lacking the memorable scenes that distinguished the film that spawned this saga, The Nun will hardly make audiences jump out of their seats," he wrote.

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