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Nov 4, 2021 Full Review Kristen Lopez Spectrum Culture Novitiate is a beguiling movie that requires a thorough examination of your own conscience and connection to religion.
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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
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
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.
Oct 26, 2017 · 'Novitiate' explores the agony and the ecstasy of young women pledging themselves to the Lord in 1964 – read Peter Travers' rave review.
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...
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Melissa Leo delivers an incredible performance in this film, one which is easily worthy of at least a nomination for an Oscar. There is also a strong performance from Julianne Nicholson, who plays Nora, Cathleen's mother.
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