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,SightSound).