Film Synopsis
In Quebec of the 1960s, Simone Beaulieu takes over the running of a convent
as Mother Augustine. She is passionate about music and does what she
can to encourage the girls in her charge to take an interest in this, the
most spiritual of the arts. The arrival of Simone's niece Alice causing
ructions, particularly as the teenager is going through a period of severe
angst. Fortunately, she has a talent for the piano that Mother Augustine
is keen to develop. But then a greater challenge presents itself.
The government has introduced an educational reform that threatens the existence
of the convent...
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Film Credits
- Director: Léa Pool
- Script: Léa Pool,
Marie Vien
- Photo: Daniel Jobin
- Music: François Dompierre
- Cast: Céline Bonnier (Mère Augustine),
Lysandre Ménard (Alice),
Valérie Blais (Soeur Claude),
Shauna Bonaduce (Françoise),
Anne-Élisabeth Bossé (Soeur Huguette),
Danielle Fichaud (Soeur Saint-Donat),
Maude Guérin (Marguerite),
Alexandre L'heureux (Journaliste de la presse écrite),
Andrée Lachapelle (Mère Marie-Stéphane),
Yogane Lacombe (Marie-Louise),
Marie-France Lambert (Madame Thompson),
Diane Lavallée (Soeur Lise),
Tiffany Montambault (Carole),
Nico Racicot (Sacha Berkovitch),
Pierrette Robitaille (Soeur Onésime),
Gilbert Sicotte (L'aumônier),
Marie Tifo (La Générale),
Elizabeth Tremblay-Gagnon (Suzanne)
- Country: Canada
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 103 min