Directed by : Robert BRESSON
Year of production : 1943 Length : 91 minutes
Anne-Marie thinks has found her vocation when she joins a Dominican convent of Béthanie as a novice. The convent specialises in rehabilitating female prisoners, and Anne-Marie becomes especially fascinated with a young female prisoners,Therese. Anne-Marie's trying to get her to join the convent to redeem her for her sins - but Therese protests her innocence. When released, Therese shoots the man who committed the crime for which she was imprisoned, and then joins the convent to hide her.
Robert BRESSON - Director
Raymond Leopold BRUCKBERGER - Script / Dialogue
Jean GIRAUDOUX - Script / Dialogue
Robert BRESSON - Script / Dialogue
Philippe AGOSTINI - Cinematography
René RENOUX - Set decorator
Yvonne MARTIN - Film Editor
Jean-Jacques GRUNEWALD - Music
Jany HOLT - Thérèse
Marie-Hélène DASTÉ - Mother Saint-Jean
Paula DÉHÉLY - Mother Dominique
Sylvia MONTFORT - Agnès
Film's poster © DR
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