NUNS ARE FACED WITH DARK PASSIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC FULL TRAILER FOR BLACK NARCISSUS EPIC TV SERIES WITH GEMMA ARTERTON, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, JIM BROADBENT, DIANA RIGG

 BLACK NARCISSUS TRAILER

SENDS NUNS TO HIMALAYAS

A full trailer has been released for a three part small screen adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel BLACK NARCISSUS with Gemma Arterton

Black Narcissus starts November on FX

which will air on FX November 23rd and then will also be available next day on Hulu! Over at BBC it will air in December. The atmospheric trailer offers a much better look on the new epic drama and its visual splendour.

 

     BLACK NARCISSUS is set in Mopu, Himalayas, in 1934 at a remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’, the location holds many dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission there, its haunting mysteries awaken forbidden desires that seem destined to repeat a terrible tragedy. During the latter years of British rule in India, ambitious young nun Sister Clodagh (Gemma Arterton) heads a mission to a remote part of the

Chaneil Kular, Gemma Arterton and Alessandro Nivola

Himalayas. The palace of Mopu has been donated by General Toda Rai, who hopes the Sisters of St. Faith will rid the ‘House of Women’ of unhappy memories connected tohis late sister, Srimati. Although Clodagh ignores the

Jim Broadbent, Diana Rigg and Gina McKee

warnings of the General’s raffish agent Mr. Dean (Alessandro Nivola), isolation and illness soon take their toll, with the haunting atmosphere of the palace particularlyaffecting volatile Sister Ruth (Aisling Franciosi). As past

Aisiling Franciosi, Patsy Ferran and Rosie Cavaliero

and present collide, the arrival of the young General Dilip Rai (Chaneil Kular) is the catalyst for an explosion of repressed desires that may end in a fatal confrontation. Late Diana Rigg also stars alongside Jim Broadbent.