The 2020 version of Black Narcissus was a lavish three-part miniseries for FX and BBC One and aimed to bring Rumer Godden’s story to a new generation. Sister Clodagh (Gemma Arterton) is an Irish nun in India who gets offered the Sister Superior role for a new mission in the Himalayans. Sister Clodagh takes four nuns with […]
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Britflix: Black Narcissus (1947)
Based on a novel by Rumer Godden, Black Narcissus was considered one of the greatest films by the directing duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It was a film that earned the cinematographer, Jack Cardiff, an Academy Award, and was recently remade into a miniseries led by Gemma Arterton. Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) becomes the youngest sister […]