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Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children." --
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It's 1966, and it's a testing time for the midwives. But there's excitement, too, as the women's rights movement intensifies. With Trixie's help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House of its financial quandary. Dr. Turner deals with an array of difficult cases including a former soldier involved in nuclear test explosion. Meanwhile, Sister Monica Joan experiences a crisis of faith, and Sister Frances realizes she needs to be a little...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When the rather austere Sister Ursula is appointed the new head of Nonnatus house, Sister Julienne finds herself demoted and working back alongside the midwives as an ordinary member of staff. And she is not the only one to face challenges closer to home"--
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Season 8 continues to explore complex medical and personal stories on the midwifery and district nursing rounds. It is now 1964 and times are changing, from the introduction of the contraceptive pill and the availability of a new cancer-screening program, to the new construction of high-rise buildings." --
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Two mischievous students turn convent school upside down with their pranks. During Christmas break, Mary remains at the school and is touched by the Sisters' celebration of the Yule. Their graduation is both a relief and a celebration for the Mother Superior.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Brian and Charlie are good-guy London gangsters who decide to leave the criminal life forever by stealing one million dollars in drug money from the Chinese Triads. But when their getaway goes wrong, they grab the loot and hide inside a nearby convent school. Now disguised as S̀ister Inviolata of the Immaculate Conception' and S̀ister Euphemia of the Five Wounds', Charlie and Brian find themselves chased by their vicious former gang, Hong Kong's...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
In Ireland in the 1960s, four women were sent to the Magdalene Laundries, an institution for "fallen" women, where they will atone for their sins through a regimented life of work and prayer. They all had to work in the laundry, where the strict nuns would break everyone's wills through sadistic punishment. Based on a true story.
13) The little hours
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the Middle Ages. Introduced as a deaf blind man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
14) Consecration
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When her brother, a priest, supposedly commits suicide at a convent in Scotland, a woman travels there to find out what happened and uncovers disturbing truths about the church and her own past.
15) Dark waters
Publisher
Noshame Films
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"After the death of her father, a beautiful Londoner travels to a desolate island to investigate the dead man's bequest of a large sum of money to be paid annually to the reclusive nuns of a local convent. Given little information by the secretive sisterhood, Elizabeth strikes out on her own with the aid of a helpful novice. They discover the convent serves as a prison for an ancient aquatic demon whose awful wrath is held at bay only so long as...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Sister Bertrille uses her ability to become airborne--via her "jet" cornet--to help others, whether they want it or not. Although her aims are always benevolent, her means are often bemoaned by Mother Superior. The other Sisters must cope with their beloved Sister's aerodynamics and antics as she flies in to and out of trouble.
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