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   Novitiate is a beguiling movie that requires a thorough examination of your own conscience and connection to religion. Rated: 3.5/5 • Nov 20, 2017. What ultimately saves Novitiate from its own...

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   Superior performances by Melissa Leo and newcomer Margaret Qualley bring Margaret Betts' convent drama Novitiate into sharp, aching focus. Full Review | Nov 4, 2021

3. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › novitiate-2017Novitiate movie review & film summary (2017) - Roger Ebert

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   Oct 27, 2017 · “Novitiate” explores what happens when the girls’ natural sexual urges begin to bubble up—for men they’ve not yet met, for each other, for God Himself—and how they clash with the inherent chastity of their calling.

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   Oct 31, 2017 · Despite its very real inspiration (the Second Vatican Council did indeed cause issue for thousands of nuns), Novitiate is not a true story. But the film's themes of faith and sisterhood couldn't...

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   Oct 10, 2023 · The acting is great, the story is unexpectedly immersive, and it’s compulsively watchable. But Betts passed on “The Burial” twice, eventually deciding to take it on in November 2020, because, as...

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   Feb 1, 2017 · Written and directed by Maggie Betts, Novitiate is a rare behind-the-scenes look in a pre-Vatican II (1962) convent in the 1950s and 60s at a time of extreme social change. The equally harrowing and frank Novitiate, like Martin Scorsese’s Silence, is about the dangerous consequences and ends in which those that have heard the calling are

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   Is novitiate a good movie?

   • Maggie Betts' first feature is remarkably assured, bringing us into a hidden world filled with complex characters struggling with issues of faith, identity, and change. Novitiate is a beguiling movie that requires a thorough examination of your own conscience and connection to religion.

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   What is 'Novitiate' about?

   • “Novitiate” explores what happens when the girls’ natural sexual urges begin to bubble up—for men they’ve not yet met, for each other, for God Himself—and how they clash with the inherent chastity of their calling. It’s a time of flux for the Catholic Church, though.

   Novitiate movie review & film summary (2017) - Roger Ebert

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   What makes novitiate so special?

   • Superior performances by Melissa Leo and newcomer Margaret Qualley bring Margaret Betts' convent drama Novitiate into sharp, aching focus. Maggie Betts' first feature is remarkably assured, bringing us into a hidden world filled with complex characters struggling with issues of faith, identity, and change.

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   What is 'novitiate' by Maggie Betts about?

   • Novitiate, the feature-length debut of Sundance Film Festival's Breakthrough Director winner, Maggie Betts, is a stylish and ambitious take on a historical moment in the transformation of Catholicism. Leo and Qualley shine during a dim view of the "Novitiate".

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   Is 'novitiate' a movie about nuns in the '60s?

   • It’s God, and her ardor is powerful enough to drive her to devote her life to Him as a nun. Writer/director Margaret Betts explores this mystical passion in “Novitiate,” her thematically ambitious, technically-precise feature debut. A movie about nuns in the ’60s may not sound exciting. It may not even sound vaguely intriguing.

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   Will Betts' 'novitiate' be a 'burial'?

   • Six years after 'Novitiate', filmmaker Maggie Betts returns with 'The Burial'. 'The Burial' is the kind of feature that is emblematic of Hollywood's next wave.

   Why Maggie Betts Took 6 Years for ‘Novitiate’ Followup ‘The Burial

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8. www.imdb.com › title › tt4513316Novitiate (2017) - IMDb

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   Novitiate: Directed by Maggie Betts. With Melissa Leo, Lisa Stewart, Alyssa Brindley, Chelsea Lopez. Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.