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Agnes of God (1985)

PG-13 09/27/1985 (US) Drama, Mystery 1h 38m

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That night, murder wasn't the only sin.

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When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.

Norman Jewison

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John Pielmeier

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Jane Fonda

Dr. Martha Louise Livingston
Meg Tilly

Sister Agnes
Anne Bancroft

Mother Miriam Ruth
Anne Pitoniak

Dr. Livingston's Mother
Winston Rekert

Det. Larry Langevin
Gratien Gélinas

Father Martineau
Guy Hoffmann

Justice Joseph Leveau
Gabriel Arcand

Monsignor
Françoise Faucher

Eve LeClaire
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on November 24, 2020

Melodramatic havoc at a rural Canadian Convent with Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly

After a bloody scandal at a Convent outside Montreal, a court-appointed psychiatrist (Jane Fonda) investigates to determine if a devout, but hysterical young woman (Meg Tilly) is fit to stand trial, but she’ll have to get past the intractable Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft) to find the truth.

"Agnes of God" (1985) is a psychological drama revolving around a Convent with a few scenes of Montreal thrown in.

What we have here is a mystery: Was the innocent & naïve Agnes (1) impregnated by G... read the rest.

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