Novitiate
2017 · 2h 3m · Drama · United States of America · Rated R (US)
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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Margaret Betts6.4Smart score
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1960sabusecoming of ageconfessionemotional abusefaith testedmonasterymother superiornunreligious educationroman catholic churchsexual identityvatican (holy see)woman director
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