Novitiate
Rating: 6.7/2893 Plot Summary:
1964. Cathleen Harris, in her late teens, has resided at the Convent of the Beloved Rose in her home state in the American south for close to two years, first as a postulant for six months, before taking her first vows to become a novice. Unlike the other postulants and novices, Sister Cathleen was raised in a household without religion, let alone Catholicism. As such, her decision to become a nun, which went against her divorced mother's wishes, may be more secure in her mind than her colleagues for which this life course may be more bred within them. The convent is led by the Mother Abbess, Reverend Mother Marie Saint Clare, whose entire life is this convent off of where she not stepped foot in forty years. Reverend Mother believes she is the voice of God within the walls of the convent, and thus does not tolerate any of the sisters questioning her authority. She also believes that the Catholicism which she has known all her life is perfect. When she receives an edict regarding the …
Director: Maggie Betts
Running time: 2h 3min
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Release date: 20 January 2017 (USA)
Cast: Melissa Leo, Lisa Stewart, Alyssa Brindley, Chelsea Lopez, Liana Liberato, Eline Powell, Margaret Qualley, Morgan Saylor, Rebecca Dayan, Hannah Renèe Jackson, Marco St. John, Julianne Nicholson, Eliza Stella Mason, Bill Shick
