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.
Raymond Leopold BRUCKBERGER - Script / Dialogue
Jean GIRAUDOUX - Script / Dialogue
Yvonne MARTIN - Film Editor
Jean-Jacques GRUNEWALD - Music
Philippe AGOSTINI - Cinematography
René RENOUX - Set decorator
Robert BRESSON - Director
Robert BRESSON - Script / Dialogue
Jany HOLT - Thérèse
Marie-Hélène DASTÉ - Mother Saint-Jean
Paula DÉHÉLY - Mother Dominique
Sylvia MONTFORT - Agnès
Film's poster © DR
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