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13 September 1985 (USA)
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What unspeakable crime took place behind the third floor window? Only Agnes knows. And Dr. Martha Livingston is the one person who can unravel the mystery.
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When a naive novice nun is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court appointed psychiatrist investigates her case. full summary | add synopsis
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Convent
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Nun
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Mother Superior
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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2 nominations
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(7 articles)
George Lucas, Meg Tilly, Kirk Douglas: Governors Awards 2009
(From Alternative Film Guide. 15 November 2009, 5:42 PM, PST)
Cinematical Seven: Therapists and Their Nutty Patients
(From Cinematical. 8 October 2009, 8:02 PM, PDT)
(From Alternative Film Guide. 15 November 2009, 5:42 PM, PST)
Cinematical Seven: Therapists and Their Nutty Patients
(From Cinematical. 8 October 2009, 8:02 PM, PDT)
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An exercise in actorly tics...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jane Fonda | ... | Dr. Martha Livingston |
 | Anne Bancroft | ... | Mother Miriam Ruth |
 | Meg Tilly | ... | Sister Agnes |
 | Anne Pitoniak | ... | Dr. Livingston's Mother |
| Winston Rekert | ... | Det. Langevin |
| Gratien Gélinas | ... | Father Martineau |
| Guy Hoffman | ... | Justice Joseph Leveau |
| Gabriel Arcand | ... | Monsignor |
| Françoise Faucher | ... | Eve LeClaire |
| Jacques Tourangeau | ... | Eugene Lyon |
| Janine Fluet | ... | Sister Marguerite |
| Deborah Grover | ... | Sister Anne |
| Michele George | ... | Sister Susanna |
| Samantha Langevin | ... | Sister Jeannine |
| Jacqueline Blais | ... | Sister David Marie |
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98 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:12 |
Canada:14+ (Ontario) |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
West Germany:12 |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:PG |
Iceland:12
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Anne Pitoniak who portrays Jane Fonda's mother in Agnes of God (1985), was the original Mother Miriam Ruth when the play was first produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
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Doctor Martha Livingston:
As much as God loves you
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Referenced in Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) (V)
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Young nun in a convent, so enamored with her Savior that she seems to be in a lovestruck daze, may or may not have killed an infant. Anne Bancroft is the Mother Superior, Jane Fonda is the investigating psychiatrist (every movie should have one), and Meg Tilly is the enchanting yet frustrating nun whom nobody can budge with common sense. Adapted from the kind of stage-play that doesn't go over well in high schools, "Agnes of God" (terrible title!) is sort of the flip-side to "Rosemary's Baby", an unsettling, overwrought exercise for thespians to display their range. What's amazing is that these actresses carve out interesting characterizations within the hoked-up, hysterical scenario. They can't possibly believe these goings-on, but they give it conviction, particularly Fonda, sterling as usual. Bancroft shines in one particular scene, again hoked-up, where she sneaks a cigarette; it's a cliché, but it's the relief the picture needs. Tilly is aggravatingly bright and beguiling. By the third act, the film has pretty much self-destructed, yet there's not much satisfaction in the answers given to us. **1/2 from ****