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Plot

Agnes of God is an "opened up" adaptation of the minimalist stage play by John Pielmeier. Meg Tilly plays a young nun who secretly gives birth to a baby; the child's body is later found strangled to death. Court-appointed psychiatrist Jane Fonda is sent to the convent to investigate, a task made difficult by the weathervane behavior of mother superior Anne Bancroft. To draw out Tilly, who remembers nothing of the birth, Fonda suggests that hypnosis is called for. Playwright Pielmeier poses many questions--is Tilly a pure-and-simple murderess, or was there something "divine" in her act?--but offers frustratingly few answers. The evocative photography is by longtime Ingmar Bergman associate Sven Nykvist.
MPAA Rating:
R
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
94min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/08/2002
DVD Release Date:
05/21/2002
Distributor(s):
USA
Director(s):
Norman Jewison
Starring:
Jane Fonda , Anne Bancroft , Meg Tilly , Anne Pitoniak , Winston Rekert
Themes:
Message From God,Redemption,Death of a Child,Members of the Clergy
Tone:
Cerebral,Literate,Matter-of-Fact,Talky
Keywords:
Catholicism,Mother-Superior,baby,immaculate-conception,investigation,murder,nun,psychiatrist
Language:
English