The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister Alessandra, Sister Ginevra and Sister Fernanda, try unsuccessfully to find out what their purpose in life is, a conundrum that each of them faces in different ways.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Metacritic69/100
669 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeff BaenaDirector
- Dan RomerOriginal Music Composer
- Jeff BaenaScreenplay
Cast
- Alison BrieSister Alessandra
- Dave FrancoMasseto
- Kate MicucciSister Ginevra
- Aubrey PlazaSister Fernanda
- John C. ReillyFather Tommasso
- Molly ShannonSister Marea
- Fred ArmisenBishop Bartolomeo
- Jemima KirkeMarta
- Lauren WeedmanFrancesca
- Nick OffermanBruno
- Paul ReiserIlario
- Adam PallyGuard Paolo
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookmiddle ages (476-1453)convent (nunnery)nunhood14th centuryanachronisticmedieval italylightheartedwhimsicalcomplicated