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Gérald Hustache-Mathieu (writer)
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14 June 2006 (France)
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Avril is a novice in a convent of "Baptistine" sisters, a monastic order which was officially dissolved...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sophie Quinton | ... | Avril | |
| Miou-Miou | ... | Soeur Bernadette, formerly Flora Romano | |
| Nicolas Duvauchelle | ... | Pierre | |
| Clément Sibony | ... | David | |
| Richaud Valls | ... | Jim | |
| Geneviève Casile | ... | Mère Marie-Joseph | |
| Monique Mélinand | ... | Soeur Céleste | |
| Anna Mihalcea | ... | Flora | |
| Claude Duty | ... | Père Jean Diard | |
| Mathilde Mignot | ... | Avril enfant | |
| Frédéric Quiring | ... | Le père adoptif de David | |
| Marie Vinoy | ... | La mère adoptive de David | |
| Milo Hustache-Mathieu | ... | David enfant | |
| Gisèle Boiteux | ... | Une Trappistine | |
| Denise Billot | ... | Une Trappistine |
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Just returned from seeing this as part of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts' tremendous yearly French Film Festival. Again, I feel so lucky to live in Boston. This was , for me, one of those rare films that really got me. It imbued me with a feeling much like that that I experienced while seeing Kurosawa's 'Dersu Uzala.'The completely believable lead actress, a novice nun raised in a convent from birth, is so filled with the glow of selfless love, that that glow spread to all around her in the film, and then out to me in the audience.
The screenplay is perfect, with a naturalness in allowing the characters to just be and look and feel. Editing is super; every shot and scene is meaningful. Dialogue too is natural, unrushed, unpretentious. The lead character grows before you over a 2 week period in a completely believable way, as she awakens to the greater world beyond the convent.I also loved all the male characters with their goodness.Very refreshing, given the portrayal of men in much of cinema today.The camaraderie and love they all shared with Avril was most heartening and I felt really fortunate to have been part of it.
I am so looking forward to this new director's next work.