Production - FRENCH, POLISH - Drama
Set in 1946, the story tells of Mathilde, a young doctor, who is asked to come to a convent to assist a dying woman. As it turns out that the patient is a pregnant nun, Mathilde discovers a dark secret of the sisters.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Anne FONTAINE Writer(s) : Anne FONTAINE, Alice VIAL, Pascal BONITZER, Sabrina B. KARINE Cast : Lou DE LAÂGE, Agata KULESZA, Agata BUZEK, Vincent MACAIGNE Producer(s) : Nicolas ALTMAYER (MANDARIN CINEMA), Eliza OCZKOWSKA (Aeroplan Film), Klaudia ŚMIEJA (Aeroplan Film)
Mathilde Beaulieu is a young medical doctor working in 1945 with the French Red Cross on a mission to help the French survivors of the German camps. One day, while she is working in a hospital in Poland, a nun begs her to follow her back to her convent. Mathilde discovers that several nuns are pregnant. The convent is caught in a tragic double bind: accepting the responsibilities of motherhood or abandoning the children of sin.
Country(ies) : FRANCE, POLAND
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