Requiem for a Nun
by William Faulknerliterary work· published 1951
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In order to save a nurse convicted of murder, Temple Stevens decides to confess that she killed her own daughter.
Adaptations (1)
Requiem for a Nun was adapted into a 1961 film.
Sanctuary1961 · film · 90 min · dir. Tony Richardson · IMDb ↗IMDb6.1In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake's infant child. Temple, the daughter of the governor, pleads with her father to exonerate Nancy of the charges, explaining that Nancy acted in haste to prevent her from resuming her affair with a roguish Cajun called Candy Man. Details of Temple's sordid past are uncovered as she begs mercy for her faithful servant.
