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One of the most breathtaking films by the legendary filmmaking team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, BLACK NARCISSUS is the portrait of an isolated convent in the Himalayas located in a former harem. Deborah Kerr plays the ambitious sister superior who takes on the seemingly impossible task of establishing a school and hospital and Kathleen Byron plays an increasingly unhinged nun who further imperils their plans.

“★★★★★ “Run, don’t walk to see this 1947 classic.” – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian