Nun Horror Story" or Vanessa Redgrave in "The Devils". Nun A nun is a member of a religious community of women, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery. Communities of nuns exist in numerous religious traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jainism, and Taoism. In the Buddhist tradition, female monastics are known as Bhikkhuni, and take several additional vows compared to male monastics (bhikkhus). Nuns are most common in Mahayana Buddhism, but have more recently become more prevalent in other traditions. Within Christianity, women religious, known as nuns or religious sisters, are found in
Big Trouble (1986 film) Big Trouble (1986 film) Big Trouble is a 1986 American comedy film. It was director John Cassavetes' last film. He took over from screenwriter Andrew Bergman (who was going to direct). The cast reunited Peter Falk and Alan Arkin, co-stars of "The In-Laws", also featured Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning and Valerie Curtin. The film's plot was so similar to that of "Double Indemnity" that, prior to production, Columbia Pictures was forced to trade the ownership of their unused script called "Back to the Future" with Universal Pictures (rights-holder for "Double Indemnity") to reuse the plot of the earlier film. Leonard