Sacred Hearts (1984)
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Sacred Hearts in one of the more trenchant of the "nun- bashing" films of the 1980s. Anna Massey plays the unbalanced Mother Superior in charge of a British convent during the war years. Through the rigid enforcement of her Spartanlike rules, Sister Massey puts her fellow nuns through the torments of the damned (are we mixing metaphors?). Her greatest crime is to refuse to acknowledge the doubts and fears of the novices in times of extreme crisis--such as the war itself. Sacred Hearts might be even more fascinating if it were double-featured with The Nun's Story--or The Sound of Music. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anna Massey, Katrin Cartlidge, (more)
- Director(s):
- Barbara Rennie
Synopsis of Sacred Hearts
Sacred Hearts in one of the more trenchant of the "nun- bashing" films of the 1980s. Anna Massey plays the unbalanced Mother Superior in charge of a British convent during the war years. Through the rigid enforcement of her Spartanlike rules, Sister Massey puts her fellow nuns through the torments of the damned (are we mixing metaphors?). Her greatest crime is to refuse to acknowledge the doubts and fears of the novices in times of extreme crisis--such as the war itself. Sacred Hearts might be even more fascinating if it were double-featured with The Nun's Story--or The Sound of Music. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Sacred Hearts
- Anna Massey - Sister Thomas
- Fiona Shaw - Sister Felicity
- Annette Badland - Sister Mercy
- Ann-Marie Gwatkin - Lizzie
- Gerard Murphy - Father Larkin
- John Bett - Dr. Taylor
- Katrin Cartlidge - Doris
- Anne Dyson - Sister Perpetua
- Sadie Wearing - Mary
- Kathy Burke - Tillie
- Murray Melvin - Father Power
- Oona Kirsch - Maggie
- Director(s):
- Barbara Rennie
- Writer(s):
- Barbara Rennie
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