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The Nun's Story
(1959)
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| Director: |
Fred Zinnemann |
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Kathryn Hulme, Robert Anderson |
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Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft |
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Drama |
| Description: |
This is the story of Sister Luke, from the time she enters the convent until a crisis forces her to question her vocation. She comes from a well off family and her father is a prominent surgeon. He cannot quite understand her calling but he is a loving father and cares for her, regardless of her decision. As a novitiate, she has difficulty swallowing her pride and is an excellent student, particularly in the science of tropical medicine. Having completed her studies, her hopes of going to the Belgian Congo are initially dashed. When she is finally assigned there, she finds that she is working in the European rather than the native hospital. There she meets the brilliant and hardworking Dr. Fortunati who helps her overcome a bout with tuberculosis. Having returned to the mother house, she has difficulty accepting the neutrality of her order as the Second World War rages and chooses to leave the Order permanently. |
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