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Oct 26, 2017 · ‘Novitiate’ Review: And Then There Were Nuns in Stirring, Soulful Convent Drama. Story of young women becoming brides of Christ during Vatican II reformation gives Melissa Leo a whopper of a...
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 27, 2017 · A 17-year-old enters the convent and struggles with herself and the mother superior, who's played by Melissa Leo. Film critic David Edelstein has this review.
Oct 26, 2017 · Oct. 26, 2017. “What do you seek? What do you desire?” a young woman named Cathleen is asked as she prepares to take religious vows. Even though the questions are part of a centuries-old ritual,...
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Oct 26, 2017 · Novitiate is a film about nuns in a strict order who must come to terms with the implications of Vatican II, the reforms enacted by the Roman Catholic church in the 1960s that were meant to...
Jan 21, 2017 · Film Review: ‘Novitiate’. Margaret Qualley and a fire-breathing Melissa Leo make vivid impressions in Maggie Betts' intelligent, ambiguous nunnery drama. By Guy Lodge. Courtesy of The Sundance...
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Oct 27, 2017 · Grade: B. Aubrey Page reviews nun drama Novitiate, the feature film debut from Margaret Betts, starring Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo and Dianna Agron.
