Novitiate
Novitiate
CINEMA2017-10-27
DIGITAL2017-10-26
RegionUS
Runtime123 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“An important early dramatic role that allowed Qualley to explore repression, faith and personal conflict with greater depth, confirming her ability to carry emotionally demanding material.”
Storyline
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
DIRECTOR / Director
Margaret BettsCast & Crew
KEYWORDS
sexual identitynunreligious educationvatican holy seeconfessioncoming of agemother superiormonasteryroman catholic churchwoman directorfaith testedabuse1960semotional abuse
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Margaret Qualley
She keeps moving away from safe roles, building a distinctive screen presence through risk and reinvention.
An important early dramatic role that allowed Qualley to explore repression, faith and personal conflict with greater depth, confirming her ability to carry emotionally demanding material.
