The Monastery
2019•Released
Documentary
For the first time, cloistered sisters agree to be filmed for one year in all aspects of their lives. The nuns of Berthierville, the only Francophone community of Dominican nuns in North America for nearly a century, engage in a rare and unique documentary in which exceptional testimonies and archives intermingle.
Director
Louise Sigouin
Languages
French
Studio
Telescope Films
Cast
Rita Major
Self
Thérèse Dufresne
Self
Claire Magnan
Self
Mariette Lussier
Self
Marie-Thérèse Miville Deschênes
Self
Marthe Gaucher
Self
Micheline Turcotte
Self
Julie Lasnier
Self
Marie du Sacré-Cœur
Self
Diane Gaudet
Self
Brigitte Leblond
Self
Marie-Éva
Self
Michel Hérard
Self
Production
Company
Telescope Films
Producer
Louise Sigouin
Producer
Samuel Caron
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