A nun movie that's secretly chaotic? Sister, please.
Acting
Brenda Blethyn delivers layers—warmth, menace, and something unnameable.
Direction
Jan Dunn's female gaze makes the sacred feel surprisingly intimate.
Director
Jan Dunn
Brenda Blethyn
Sister Ignatious
Emily Beecham
Joanna
Susannah York
The Prioress
Rita Tushingham
Sister Gertrude
Amanda Donohoe
Trish
Chloe Sirene
Vivie
David Bark-Jones
Vince
Nick Bartlett
Eddie
Susannah Harker
Sister Ambrose
Pauline McLynn
Sister Hilda
Corin Redgrave
The Bishop
Justin Salinger
Father Kieren
Joanna Scanlan
Sister Kevin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a real closed convent in Kent, using actual nuns as extras—some reportedly walked off set during 'inappropriate' scenes.
Dunn intended the Joanna-Ignatious dynamic as deliberate queer coding within religious repression, though critics split on whether it transcends or exploits that tension.
US
