"Brides of Christ" (1991) TV mini-series

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Ken Cameron

Writers:

John Alsop (writer)
Sue Smith (writer)

Release Date:

13 June 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to join a...

Plot Keywords:

Convent | Abortion | Australia | Novice | Nun

Awards:

8 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Brenda Fricker	...	Sister Agnes
Sandy Gore	...	Mother Ambrose
Josephine Byrnes	...	Diane / Sister Catherine
Lisa Hensley	...	Veronica / Sister Paul
Simon Burke	...	Jack Delahunty
Melissa Jaffer	...	Sister Attracta
Philip Quast	...	Ian McGregor
Pat Bishop	...	Mary Maloney
Naomi Watts	...	Frances Heffernan
Kym Wilson	...	Rosemary Fitzgerald
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Braunstein	...	Frank Markham
Beth Champion	...	Sister Clare
Dimity Clancey	...	Moya Maloney
Gian Clancey	...	Kerry Maloney
Vanessa Collier	...	Jacinta
Syd Conabere	...	Da
Christen Cornell	...	Lucy Mulcady
Michael Craig	...	Bishop
Russell Crowe	...	Dominic Maloney
Christine Degeuron	...	Mrs. Upton
Ann Fay	...	Sister Innocent
Stuart Finch	...	Father Riordan
John Frawley	...	Bishop
Frank Gallacher	...	Priest
Caroline Gillmer	...	Sister Philomena
Pippa Grandison	...	Bernadette
Deborah Hanley	...	Mary Statue
Damon Herriman	...	Grant
Connie Hobbs	...	Sister Pierre
Keith Holloway	...	Lawrie Tierney
Harold Hopkins	...	Ken Maloney
Joy Hruby	...	Sister Polycarp
John Langrishe	...	Tom Heffernan
Adrian Lee	...	Kevin
Stephen Leeder	...	Brother Thomas
Liberty Lee	...	Frances, aged 8
Tathom Lennox	...	Anne Fitzgerald
Ned Manning	...	Helen
Rhys McConnochie	...	Monsignor
Kirsty McGregor	...	Caroline
Kristen Minichbauer	...	Carmel Fitzgerald
Genevieve Mooy	...	Judith Fitzgerald
Antonia Murphy	...	Novice Therese
Russell Newman	...	Brother Louis
Louise Pajo	...	Jean Markham
Michelle Pettigrove	...	Sister Francine
Hazel Phillips	...	Mrs. Purley
Brian Rooney	...	Brendan Maloney
Irene Rowland	...	Sister Perpetua
Rob Steele	...	Senator Kearney
Penny Stehli	...	Sister Patrick
John Stone	...	Roger Conlan
Bianca Sulkowicz	...	Diane, aged 6
Leo Taylor	...	Bill Fitzgerald
Anne Tenney	...	Liz Heffernan (Elizabeth Jane Heffernan-Colman)
Melissa Thomas	...	Brigid Maloney
Paul Williams	...	Mark
Michael Winchester	...	Martin Tierney

Country:

Australia | UK | Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Santa Sabina College, Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Quotes:

Diane: For various reasons I did not keep a journal while I was in the convent, so I have to piece this one together from memory. The result is probably more balanced and forgiving than I knew how to be at the time, so I have decided to dedicate it to Saint Anselm...

Very Interesting and Moving

I really enjoyed 'Brides of Christ'. I first saw it a few years ago when I had to study it at school, and even though you are not really supposed to enjoy school texts I liked it. I have since watched it several times. The film which is really a short series gives you an insight into the director's version of how nuns and Catholics lived in the 60s. I actually liked nuns for nearly the first time (I liked them in Sound of Music).

The actors are excellent, and the movie gives you a wonderful cross-section of styles of people that are portrayed. I understand that this film caused a bit of trouble because of its views, and the fact that it deals with some sensitive issues, but it is well worth watching. It deals with 'ordinary person' issues as well as Catholic ones. I would recommend it to just about anyone.