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The Monastery

The Monastery

2019•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.

Louise Sigouin · Director

StatusReleased
LanguageFR
Release DateSep 27, 2019

Actors

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

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