Joanna is about to graduate from University with her whole life set up for her but she has decided to face up to a truth she has been avoiding her whole life. Since she was small, she has had the desire to become a Nun. She is set on joining a closed order of Benedictines. Her best friend cannot believe it, her boyfriend is devastated and her mother feels it's just a phase. The only encouragement she gets is from the family's religious housekeeper, Consuela. When she finally gets to the convent, the liberalism of a politically active Novice Sister, Ignatious and a bunch of women with border-line mental illness, including a psychotic Mother Superior, an alcoholic football fan in charge of the vineyard, an over-pious floor mopper, Sister Hilda to name a few at first makes her wonder if she's following the right path after all.
Actors:
Rita Tushingham,Brenda Blethyn,Emily Beecham,Chloe Sirene,Susannah York,Amanda Donohoe
Description:
Joanna (Emily Beecham) is graduating from college when she faces up to a shocking truth she has been avoiding her whole life – she feels the calling to become a Nun. Her best friend is horrified, her boyfriend is pissed off and her mother feels it’s just a phase. When she finally gets to the convent, she butts heads with an outrageous cast of characters, from the politically active Novice Sister Ignatious (Blethyn) to the psychotic Mother Superior (York) and wonders if she’s following the right path after all.
