Noviciat: Au-delà de la dévotion

Titre original : Novitiate

2017
PG
2h 3m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,7/10

5,3 k

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Melissa Leo and Margaret Qualley in Noviciat: Au-delà de la dévotion (2017)

Liretrailer1 min 54 s

9 vidéos

66 photos

Drama

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSet in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,7/10

5,3 k

MA NOTE

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Prix
- 5 victoires et 14 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Shot in Tennessee.

Gaffes
Toward the end of the movie, as a nun undresses, she is completely nude under her habit. It would have been rare that any nun would not have on some sort of undergarments in the 1960's.

Citations
Reverend Mother: I can feel you, right next to me, for so long. With me all that time, my darling husband. And now you've abandoned me! And you hoped that I would lose faith in you? You imagined that I would just walk out those gates? I cannot. I made a commitment forty years ago. And even if you choose to turn your light from me forever... I am yours. Oh, my darling husband.

Connexions
References Au risque de se perdre (1959)

Bandes originales
Pie Jesu
Written by Gabriel Fauré

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Commentaire en vedette

5/10

Some good ideas here and there. Movie starts really good, but then becomes cringey

"Novitiate" is set during the 60s, when the Vatican Second council reformed completely the entire Church, by removing some old practices, being less strict. The story follow a young woman that decides to take her vows to become a nun, during this big transition. The Reverend Mother of the convent is very reluctant on changing rules.

Things start to go south towards the half of the movie: while there are beautiful depictions of relationships and conflicts between characters, on the other hand, there are others that are not deepen enough. For example, sister Mary Grace had a lot of potential, but she is dismissed too quickly. I did not have the chance to know her at all, and she was a key protagonist. There are here and there a few good scenes, but overall I am not really sure if the nun life represented in this movie was very accurate. I know that this kind of life is very hard and you need to earn your vows, and I am aware that there are orders stricter than others, but I felt that it was forced.

The acting is overall pretty decent, but I cannot say that I was astonished by it. I was definitely excepting more from Margaret Qualley, considering her successful career in recent years, but I was disappointed. There are a lot of cringey scenes, that I could not bare. At some point it seemed almost like a parody. I am aware that there are a lot of scenes that are very demanding in terms of acting, but unfortunately most of actresses did not deliver. Honestly, it is not a bad film, but considering the slow pace rhythm and its two hours length, they could come up with something better for sure.