THE BLACK NARCISSIS =START= DEBORAH KERR

Archers pairing Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger once again deliberately courted controversy and censorship with their 1947 adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel Black Narcissus. Set in the fantastic Palace of Mopu, which faces a five-mile-high mountain in the Himalayas, comes a band of nuns to open a Anglican school and hospital in a one-time bordello. The unceasing wind saps their vitality, their faith is also sorely tested by the culture clash and and carnal desires. Sister Clodagh ...
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