Sentences with phrase «by a nun played»

There's an interesting character study here of an insecure, lonely man, whose ego, daddy issues, and complicated feelings about being raised by a nun played by Diane Keaton — oh yeah, that's a thing — contribute to an inferiority complex that doesn't just define his ascension to power, but threatens the world's largest religious institution as we know it.

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In this film, the pastor and a nun, played by Ingrid Bergman, attempt to save a run - down parochial school on the verge of being closed down.

Set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, shortly after the massive changes ushered in by the modernizing Vatican II conference in Rome, the story quickly sets up a conflict between the old - school nun who serves as principal and runs the school like a prison (played by Meryl Streep) and the young, new priest (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who wants to shake things up by treating the students as fully rounded young people who deserve doses of freedom and respect as well.

The Legion needed more, demanding that the directors cut ten scenes, including a flashback in which one of the nuns (played by Deborah Kerr) recalls her romantic life before discovering her vocation.

Philomena traces the heart - wrenching journey of a devout Irish woman (played by the incomparable Judi Dench) who sets out to find her long lost son, whom she was forced to give up for adoption as a teenager by nuns who kept her like a prisoner in a convent full of other unwed mothers in the 1950s.

Although it's Hollywood, a touch schmaltzy, etc., there can be a kind of wholesomeness, bigness, spunkiness and engagement of life as it is by savvy nuns — as played by the great Roz Russell.

Bechir plays a priest named Father Burke, dispatched by Rome to investigate a mysterious death of a nun.

«Game of Thrones» star Charlotte Hope will play Sister Victoria, a nun haunted by a demonic presence, in New Line's The Nun, the latest spinoff from James Wan's horror universe based on characters from The Conjuring movies, says Tnun haunted by a demonic presence, in New Line's The Nun, the latest spinoff from James Wan's horror universe based on characters from The Conjuring movies, says TNun, the latest spinoff from James Wan's horror universe based on characters from The Conjuring movies, says THR.

«Game of Thrones» star Charlotte Hope will play Sister Victoria, a nun haunted by a demonic presence, in New Line's The...

Q: There are lots of other great characters in the movie, though, from the disappointing guys Lady Bird dates (played by «Call Me by Your Name's» Timothee Chalamet and «Manchester by the Sea's» Lucas Hedges) to her patient dad (Tracy Letts) to a cool school nun (Lois Smith) and more.

Thoughtful and generous, it's that rare ensemble film that gives its side characters enough room to breathe and grow: Two romantic interests — played by Manchester by the Sea's Lucas Hedges and Call Me by Your Name's Timothée Chalamet, both superb — as well as an upbeat nun (the legendary Lois Smith) stand out in this loving ode to mothers, daughters and the girlhood towns we never fully leave behind.

Being committed October 17, the new season is set at an East Coast asylum for the criminally insane in 1964, and revolves around Jessica Lange's new character — a nun — and her boss at the institution, played by James Cromwell.

Thoughtful and generous, it's that rare ensemble film that gives its side characters enough room to breathe and grow: Two romantic interests — played by Lucas Hedges and Timothée Chalamet, both superb — as well as an upbeat nun (the legendary Lois Smith) stand out in this loving ode to mothers, daughters and the girlhood towns we never fully leave behind.

Her sincere desire to be a bride of Christ is first challenged by the borderline sadism with which Blessed Rose's Reverend Mother (Melissa Leo) runs the convent — for a while, Novitiate plays like a distaff Full Metal Jacket, with nuns in training systematically humiliated and emotionally abused by what amounts to a soft - spoken drill sergeant in a habit.

Broken up into three comedy segments, the film finds the trio, played by Chris Diamontopoulos, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso, left on the steps of an orphanage, growing up in the care of the nuns.

Bichir is playing a priest named Father Burke who is dispatched by Rome to investigate the mysterious death of a nun.

Demian Bichir and Taissa Farmiga are already set to star in the thriller, which sees Bichir playing a priest named Father Burke who is dispatched by Rome to investigate the mysterious death of a nun.

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Shot in a stark black and white, with the actors repeatedly isolated in their own frames, some really creepy images of crazy nuns (the long early sequence wherein the nuns are interrogated and exorcised is a miniature masterpiece) and a series of subjective tracking shots implicating the audience in the chaos, the film reaches a high point when the priest consults the local rabbi (also played by Voit) in a series of head - on medium shots.

Based on The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, the raunchy tale was written and directed by Jeff Baena, as Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie and Kate Micucci in turn play foul - mouthed nuns who can't help but prey upon the hired hand that is Dave Franco.