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In Loudun, the prioress Jeanne’s visions and the nuns’ claims of possession are used to accuse Father Grandier of witchcraft. Grandier’s political conflict with authorities and private relationships fuel his prosecution; he is tortured and burned, and Jeanne eventually recognizes that her accusations arose from unrequited love.
Young scientist John Rivers works in the household of elderly physicist Henry Maartens and becomes involved with Maartens’s wife Katy. After their affair, Katy returns to her husband, torn between her desire and sense of duty to him.
In Loudun, the prioress Jeanne’s visions and the nuns’ claims of possession are used to accuse Father Grandier of witchcraft. Grandier’s political conflict with authorities and private relationships fuel his prosecution; he is tortured and burned, and Jeanne eventually recognizes that her accusations arose from unrequited love.
Young scientist John Rivers works in the household of elderly physicist Henry Maartens and becomes involved with Maartens’s wife Katy. After their affair, Katy returns to her husband, torn between her desire and sense of duty to him.