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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:''Paradise. Perversion. Sanctuary. Sin.'']] |
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| 4 | ''Black Narcissus'' is a drama MiniSeries by Creator/TheBBC and Creator/{{FX|Networks}}. It is based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Rumer Godden. |
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| 6 | Sister Clodagh (Creator/GemmaArterton) is sent to establish a branch of her order with fellow nuns at a palace in the Himalayas. But she struggles to temper her attractions to Mr. Dean (Creator/AlessandroNivola), a World War I veteran they meet, and with the fact that the palace was previously used to house a harem. |
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| 8 | The mini-series also stars Creator/AislingFranciosi as Sister Ruth, Creator/JimBroadbent as Father Roberts, Creator/DianaRigg - in her final television role - as Mother Dorothea, and Creator/KarenBryson as Sister Philippa. It premiered on November 23, 2020 on FX and Creator/{{Hulu}}. |
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| 10 | For the 1947 film, see [[Film/BlackNarcissus here]]. |
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| 12 | !!This miniseries contains examples of: |
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| 14 | * ImportantHaircut: Sister Clodagh shaving her head. |
| 15 | * LuckyCharmsTitle: The logo replaces the I in Narcissus with a cross: ''BLACK NARC†SSUS''. |
| 16 | * NaughtyNuns: Sister Ruth and Sister Clodagh. |
| 17 | * RoyalHarem: The palace used to house a Maharaja's harem. |
| 18 | * TheShangriLa: The series takes place at an Indian-style palace in the Himalayas. |
| 19 | * TruerToTheText: PlayedWith; Sister Philippa actually leaves and is replaced by Sister Adela like in the novel, a passage which the 1947 movie ignored, but Sister Ruth, [[spoiler: after her FaceHeelTurn and attacking Sister Clodagh, deliberately throws herself off the cliff]] under the horrified eyes of both Mister Dean and Sister Clodagh, which wasn't in the novel. |
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