Afterherbrotherwaskilledbyanotoriousall-femalepirategang，Moragdedicatesherlifetobringingthemurdererstojustice.Soon，shehasbecomeanimportantmemberofthepirategangandhasbegunacquiringtheloyaltyofkeymembers.Eventually，shemakeshermoveandchallengestheleader，ademi-god(literally)，knownas"TheDaughteroftheSun."ThestoryofNoroitisbasedonanearly17th-centurytragedybyCyrilTourneur，and，thoughitisonlythethirdonefilmed，themovieistheconcludingepisodeinafour-partseriesbydirectorJacquesRivette. WithNOROÎT，JacquesRivettehasjoinedFedericoFelliniasoneofthegreatautobiographicalsurrealistsofthecinema(JohnHughes).BasedonthebloodyJacobeanplay，TheRevenger'sTragedy，andinfluencedbysamuraifilms，FritzLang，andSamuelFuller，NOROÎTwasshotinafifteenth-centurychateauandatwelfth-centuryseasidefortress，andstarsGeraldineChaplinastheghostlyMorag，outtoavengethedeathofherbrotherwhowasmurderedbyagroupofwomenpirates.Withitsemphasisonritual，fantasy，andspectacle，NOROÎTcontainsthemostbeautifulimagesandsoundsofanyRivettefilm(JonathanRosenbaum，Sight&Sound).