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The Nuns Story
Giving up everything, Gabrielle Van Der Mai decides to become a nun. On her attempt to turn her dream into the truth, she has to face with many difficulties. Can she overcome them and reach her dream ? Let's come to the movie to find the answer
6 July 1923, Cwmgwrach, South Wales, UK
6 September 1912, Partney, Lincolnshire, England, UK
25 January 1901, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
22 December 1907, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
4 April 1925, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
10 June 1926, Forest Hill, London, England, UK
20 December 1924, Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies
17 July 1910, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
24 April 1933, Oakland, California, USA
4 January 1920, London, England, UK
3 June 1924, Montréal, Québec, Canada
8 December 1899, Lagos, Nigeria
August 23, 2006
Zinnemann's drama depicts the spiritual tug of war of a young nun, beautifully played by Audrey Hepburn, between adherence to vows of chastity and obedience and rebellion against those values for her self-fulfillment
April 08, 2010
... on target and godlike.
May 24, 2003
Zinneman, an intelligent if dullish director, has avoided such obvious pitfalls in this adaptation of a factually based best-seller.
August 01, 2005
Moving, controversial (for its time) religious tale starring Audrey Hepburn.
June 24, 2006
It's still a long haul (made no lighter by Franz Waxman's abominably insistent score) for anyone not committed to theological problems of faith, conscience and obedience.
October 04, 2002
One of Audrey's finest dramatic moments
May 20, 2003
In the role of the nun, Miss Hepburn is fluent and luminous.
November 01, 2007
A superbly restrained piece of filmmaking, with Zinnemann directing in simple, unadorned style and Hepburn giving a truly radiant performance.
November 01, 2007
Fred Zinnemann's production is a soaring and luminous film.
April 12, 2006
Certainly doesn't offer the positive depiction of religious life common in 1950s Hollywood, but it's not an anti-religious or anti-Catholic depiction either.