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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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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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2 nominations
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Norman Jewison Will Get DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
(From Cinematical. 2 December 2009, 7:33 AM, PST)
Stageworks Theatre Hosts Auditions For Agnes Of God 11/21
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 21 November 2009, 9:44 AM, PST)
(From Cinematical. 2 December 2009, 7:33 AM, PST)
Stageworks Theatre Hosts Auditions For Agnes Of God 11/21
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 21 November 2009, 9:44 AM, PST)
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Such a good movie.
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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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Runtime:
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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Mother Miriam Ruth:
My dear, I don't think a Communion wafer has the recommended daily allowance of anything.
Sister Agnes: [whispers] Of God...
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Sister Agnes: [whispers] Of God...
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References The Blues Brothers (1980)
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Having seen this movie for the first time when I was 15 or so, and having no idea what I was watching, I was in for some great viewing when I watched it again 20 years later.
The cast, needless to say, is stupendous. Jane Fonda, the late Anne Bancroft, and a fledgling Meg Tilly, back in a time when movies with just women actors were unheard of, especially dramas.
The plot of the movie orbits around a crime. In a convent, in the middle of a cold Canadian night, a scream in the darkness uncovers an unconscious Nun, Agnes(Meg Tilly), coverd in blood. After she is taken away the mother superior(Anne Bancroft) finds, to her horror, a dead baby in the waste paper basket in Agnes' cell.
Leary of sending a Nun to prison the Candian legal system assigns a psychiatrist (Jane Fonda) to Agnes to determine that Agnes is insane and to have her committed.
We soon find out, the Agnes, very young, innocent, and iggnorant of the ways of the world, had no idea that she was pregnant, how she became pregnant, or how anyone becomes pregnant. Agnes often is spoken to by someone she calls "the lady", as well as her dead mother. There are plot twists, and faith based happenings, and possible psychological explanations to things that happen in this movie to the point that would leave anyone guessing.
I believe this movie to be a hidden classic. The acting is superb, and seamless. The only thing I would question in this movie is the directors decision to make Jane Fonda's character (Dr. Martha Livingston) smoke so much. It is clear that Ms. Fonda did not smoke at the time, and she handles the cigarettes awkwardly at times.
Meg Tilly, however, is the light of this movie. She displays a John Malkovich ability to act seemingly crazy, but somehow not, at the same time.
Anne Bancroft, when is there ever anything to say about her, other then utter perfection.
The end of the movie leaves the watcher to make his or her own decision. Is Agnes insane? Or was she brutilized horribly by some man that managed to sneak into the convent. Why did the Mother Superior not tell everything she knew sooner? Truly a wonderful piece of film!