Brides of Christ - 2-DVD Set

Brides of Christ - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
330 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1991 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
Ireland ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ken Cameron

Written By:
John Alsop
Sue Smith

Actors:
Brenda Fricker ..... Sister Agnes (unknown episodes)
Sandy Gore ..... Mother Ambrose (unknown episodes)
Josephine Byrnes ..... Diane / ... (unknown episodes)
Lisa Hensley ..... Sister Paul / ... (unknown episodes)
Simon Burke ..... Jack Delahunty (unknown episodes)
Melissa Jaffer ..... Sister Attracta (unknown episodes)
Philip Quast ..... Ian McGregor (unknown episodes)
Pat Bishop ..... Mary Maloney (unknown episodes)
Naomi Watts ..... Frances Heffernan (unknown episodes)
Kym Wilson ..... Rosemary Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Damon Herriman ..... Grant (unknown episodes)
Peter Braunstein ..... Frank Markham (unknown episodes)
Beth Champion ..... Sister Clare (unknown episodes)
Dimity Clancey ..... Moya Maloney (unknown episodes)
Gian Clancey ..... Kerry Maloney (unknown episodes)
Vanessa Collier ..... Jacinta (unknown episodes)
Syd Conabere ..... Da (unknown episodes)
Christen Cornell ..... Lucy Mulcady (unknown episodes)
Michael Craig ..... Bishop (unknown episodes)
Russell Crowe ..... Dominic Maloney (unknown episodes)
Christine Degeuron ..... Mrs. Upton (unknown episodes)
Ann Fay ..... Sister Innocent (unknown episodes)
Stuart Finch ..... Father Riordan (unknown episodes)
John Frawley ..... Bishop (unknown episodes)
Frank Gallacher ..... Priest (unknown episodes)
Caroline Gillmer ..... Sister Philomena (unknown episodes)
Pippa Grandison ..... Bernadette (unknown episodes)
Deborah Hanley ..... Mary Statue (unknown episodes)
Connie Hobbs ..... Sister Pierre (unknown episodes)
Keith Holloway ..... Lawrie Tierney (unknown episodes)
Harold Hopkins ..... Ken Maloney (unknown episodes)
Joy Hruby ..... Sister Polycarp (unknown episodes)
John Langrishe ..... Tom Heffernan (unknown episodes)
Adrian Lee ..... Kevin (unknown episodes)
Stephen Leeder ..... Brother Thomas (unknown episodes)
Liberty Lee ..... Frances, aged 8 (unknown episodes)
Tathom Lennox ..... Anne Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Ned Manning ..... Helen (unknown episodes)
Rhys McConnochie ..... Monsignor (unknown episodes)
Kirsty McGregor ..... Caroline (unknown episodes)
Kristen Minichbauer ..... Carmel Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Genevieve Mooy ..... Judith Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Antonia Murphy ..... Novice Therese (unknown episodes)
Russell Newman ..... Brother Louis (unknown episodes)
Louise Pajo ..... Jean Markham (unknown episodes)
Michelle Pettigrove ..... Sister Francine (unknown episodes)
Hazel Phillips ..... Mrs. Purley (unknown episodes)
Brian Rooney ..... Brendan Maloney (unknown episodes)
Irene Rowland ..... Sister Perpetua (unknown episodes)
Rob Steele ..... Senator Kearney (unknown episodes)
Penny Stehli ..... Sister Patrick (unknown episodes)
John Stone ..... Roger Conlan (unknown episodes)
Bianca Sulkowicz ..... Diane, aged 6 (unknown episodes)
Leo Taylor ..... Bill Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Anne Tenney ..... Liz Heffernan (Elizabeth Jane Heffernan-Colman) (unknown episodes)
Melissa Thomas ..... Brigid Maloney (unknown episodes)
Paul Williams ..... Mark (unknown episodes)
Michael Winchester ..... Martin Tierney (unknown episodes)

Synopsis:

Every so often, along comes a television mini-series that sings with such lyricism you want to weep, not only with the piercing sweetness of it, but also with elation at its sheer mastery of the form. The Age. Behind the high convent walls, their lives are circumscribed by centuries old traditions, rites and disciplines. But it times of radical change and upheaval, the Brides of Christ are forced to reconcile the conflict between the ancient ways and the new. They are bound by vows, which set them apart, yet they must become part of the changing world. For many their faith will be sufficient to carry them through their personal crisis. But some are tormented by questions they cannot answer, disciplines they cannot follow and love they dare not feel. In their care are spirited teenagers, schooled in the old creed, yet eager to taste the new freedoms.

Season 1

Diane S1, Ep1 1991

Shortly after the death of her father, Diane Markham walks away from her fiancé and chooses to enter the convent. From the beginning she has difficulty, she fails to get along with her postulant mistress and she has a Particular friendship with another member of her order, Veronica. Diane wants to focus on the gospels instead of the Church fathers. After her novitiate, Diane is transferred to another convent much to Veronica's grief.

Frances S1, Ep2 1991

After their novitiate is completed Sister Catherine (Diane) comes back to Santo Spirito Convent School to the joy of Sister Paul (Veronica). Sisters Paul and Catherine are teaching a young teenager, Frances. Frances is a loner who has difficulty at school. Her parents are divorced and her mother is planning on remarrying a man who Frances enjoys. After the Bishop says no about Liz and Roger marrying in a Catholic ceremony, the two plan on marrying in a Civil ceremony. After getting permission from Mother Ambrose, Frances, Sister Paul and Catherine attend the wedding. ...

Ambrose S1, Ep3 1991

Rosemary S1, Ep4 1991

Rosemary, a student at the convent school, struggles with her own awakening independence and education about her sexuality, from which she has been sheltered.

Paul S1, Ep5 1991

Catherine S1, Ep6 1991

Critically acclaimed Australian mini-series, Brides of Christ, tells the story of Roman Catholic nuns and life at their boarding school during the 1960s. Behind high convent walls, their lives are circumscribed by centuries old traditions, rites and disciplines. But in times of radical change and upheaval, the Brides of Christ are forced to reconcile the conflict between the ancient ways and the new. They are bound by vows which set them apart, yet they must become part of a changing world.

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