The read
It runs a compact 42m.
Synopsis
It begins with footage from a stylish old potboiler about an isolated convent, whose tale of passions leashed and unleashed provides the leitmotif for a young lesbian who watches it and the lonely nun she pursues and seduces. As the two women's lives come closer to joining, voiceovers from the biography of a 16th century lesbian nun and the reminiscences of a woman's closeted romances at a Catholic school flesh out the theme.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Su FriedrichDirector
- Su FriedrichWriter
Cast
- Peggy HealeyThe Nun
- Ela TroyanoThe Other Woman
- Makea MacDonaldReminiscing voice
- Martina Siebert"Black Narcissus" Narrator
- Cathy QuinlanNarrator of Sister Mea Crivelli's testimony
Stills
Themes
black and whitesexual repressionwoman directorconnect to real lifereligious institutionlesbian nunsapphiclesbian historyvoice-over