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Writers:
John Pielmeier (play)
John Pielmeier (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 September 1985 (USA) more
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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.
Plot:
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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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
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An exercise in actorly tics... more (35 total)

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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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. more
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Doctor Martha Livingston: As much as God loves you more
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Referenced in Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) (V) more

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An exercise in actorly tics..., 29 August 2005
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Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

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 ****

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