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Novitiate

2017 · 123 min

A quiet, intense immersion into a young woman's spiritual and emotional struggle, with a heavy, melancholic atmosphere.

Directed by
Maggie Betts
Genres
Drama
Starring
Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson
Overview
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.

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Directed by
Maggie Betts
Genres
Drama
Starring
Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Maggie Betts
Written by
Maggie Betts
Starring
Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Lisa Stewart, Morgan Saylor, Liana Liberato, Rebecca Dayan
Music
Christopher Star
Cinematography
Kat Westergaard
Runtime
123 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Latin

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