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13/09/1985 Drama, Mystery 1h 38m
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That night, murder wasn't the only sin.

Overview

When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.

  1. Norman Jewison

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jane Fonda

    Dr. Martha Louise Livingston

  2. Meg Tilly

    Sister Agnes

  3. Anne Bancroft

    Mother Miriam Ruth

  4. Anne Pitoniak

    Dr. Livingston's Mother

  5. Winston Rekert

    Det. Larry Langevin

  6. Gratien Gélinas

    Father Martineau

  7. Guy Hoffmann

    Justice Joseph Leveau

  8. Gabriel Arcand

    Monsignor

  9. Françoise Faucher

    Eve LeClaire

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2020-11-24
_**Melodramatic havoc at a rural Canadian Convent with Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly**_

After a bloody scandal at a Convent outside Montreal, a court-appointed psychiatrist (Jane Fonda) investigates to determine if a devout, but hysterical young woman (Meg Tilly) is fit to stand trial, but she’ll have to get past the intractable Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft) to find the truth.

"Agnes of God" (1985) is a psychological drama revolving around a Convent with a few scenes of Montreal thrown in.

What we have here is a mystery: Was the innocent & naïve Agnes (1) impregnated ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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