Black Narcissus

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A group of nuns travel to a Himalayan palace with a dark past.

The sisters of St Faith travel to the mysterious palace of Mopu, high in the Himalayas. Mopu’s dark past begins to haunt the nuns, forcing them to confront their deepest desires.

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Black Narcissus: Series 1: Episode 1

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A group of nuns travel to the mysterious palace of Mopu. But is the palace haunted?

Sister Clodagh and the sisters of St Faith start a school at the mysterious palace of Mopu, helped by Mr Dean. But is the palace haunted?

Sister Clodagh and her group of Anglo-Catholic nuns travel from Darjeeling on a mission to the palace of Mopu in the Himalayas. With the help of Mr Dean, the agent of General Toda Rai, they start to repair the palace and open a school. But the unsettling atmosphere of their surroundings, the distracting presence of Mr Dean and stories of the palace’s previous occupants weigh heavily on them all, reawakening memories in Clodagh that she thought she had suppressed.

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