Through This Lens: Powell and Pressburger’s ‘Black Narcissus’
Black Narcissus(1947) Written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger UK, 1947 Black Narcissus is the story of a group of nuns, led by Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), who attempt to build a hospital and school for girls deep in the Himalayas. Resting on a windy cliff 9,000 feet above a small village, their …