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Release Date:
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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Mother Superior
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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2 nominations
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Colin Firth: a man of sense and sensibility
(From The Guardian - Film News. 6 February 2010, 4:06 PM, PST)
Norman Jewison Will Get DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
(From Cinematical. 2 December 2009, 7:33 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 6 February 2010, 4:06 PM, PST)
Norman Jewison Will Get DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
(From Cinematical. 2 December 2009, 7:33 AM, PST)
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Fascinating character piece
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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: [Last Lines] I don't know the meaning behind the song she sang. Perhaps it was a song of seduction, and the father was a field hand. Perhaps the song was simply a lullaby she remembered from many years ago, and the father was hope, and love, and desire and a belief in miracles. I want to believe that she was blessed. And I do miss her. And I hope she's left something; some little part of herself with me. That would be miracle enough, wouldn't it?
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Doctor Martha Livingston: [Last Lines] I don't know the meaning behind the song she sang. Perhaps it was a song of seduction, and the father was a field hand. Perhaps the song was simply a lullaby she remembered from many years ago, and the father was hope, and love, and desire and a belief in miracles. I want to believe that she was blessed. And I do miss her. And I hope she's left something; some little part of herself with me. That would be miracle enough, wouldn't it?
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Referenced in "Wonderfalls: Wound-up Penguin (#1.3)" (2004)
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In the world of movies in the eighties, Agnes of God is a true wonder : an intelligent film that carries more than one idea AND has its funny moments, beautiful cinematography, incredible casting, the most intense dialogue and some heavy drama. Jane Fonda has never been better. She builds a sensitive, complex character who has to deal with much more than she was originally willing for (her childhood, her faith, her identity, her age, Anne Bancroft as a controlling, protective nun, Meg Tilly as a supposed murderess of her own baby, and also a nun). The three actresses play beautifully together, immersed in a magnificent wintery Canadian landscape. This is American cinema at its best.