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DramaMystery

Agnes of God

- That night, murder wasn't the only sin.

When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.

Release Date : 1985-09-13

Language :LatinEnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Jane Fonda

Character Name : Dr. Martha Louise Livingston

Original Name : Jane Fonda

Gender : Female

Meg Tilly

Character Name : Sister Agnes

Original Name : Meg Tilly

Gender : Female

Anne Bancroft

Character Name : Mother Miriam Ruth

Original Name : Anne Bancroft

Gender : Female

Anne Pitoniak

Character Name : Dr. Livingston's Mother

Original Name : Anne Pitoniak

Gender : Female

Winston Rekert

Character Name : Det. Larry Langevin

Original Name : Winston Rekert

Gender : Male

Gratien Gélinas

Character Name : Father Martineau

Original Name : Gratien Gélinas

Gender : Male

Guy Hoffmann

Character Name : Justice Joseph Leveau

Original Name : Guy Hoffmann

Gender : Male

Gabriel Arcand

Character Name : Monsignor

Original Name : Gabriel Arcand

Gender : Male

Françoise Faucher

Character Name : Eve LeClaire

Original Name : Françoise Faucher

Gender : Female

Jacques Tourangeau

Character Name : Eugene Lyon

Original Name : Jacques Tourangeau

Gender : Male

Janine Fluet

Character Name : Sister Marguerite

Original Name : Janine Fluet

Gender : Female

Deborah Grover

Character Name : Sister Anne

Original Name : Deborah Grover

Gender : Female

Michele George

Character Name : Sister Susanna

Original Name : Michele George

Gender : Female

Samantha Langevin

Character Name : Sister Jeannine

Original Name : Samantha Langevin

Gender : Female

Jacqueline Blais

Character Name : Sister David Marie

Original Name : Jacqueline Blais

Gender : Male

Françoise Berd

Character Name : Sister Thérèse

Original Name : Françoise Berd

Gender : Female

Mimi D'Estée

Character Name : Sister Elizabette

Original Name : Mimi D'Estée

Gender : Male

Rita Tuckett

Character Name : Sister Geraldine (as Rita Tucket)

Original Name : Rita Tuckett

Gender : Female

Lillian Graham

Character Name : Sister Madeline Marie

Original Name : Lillian Graham

Gender : Male

Norma Dell'Agnese

Character Name : Sister Geneviève

Original Name : Norma Dell'Agnese

Gender : Female

Muguette Moreau

Character Name : Sister Luke

Original Name : Muguette Moreau

Gender : Female

Janice Bryan

Character Name : Sister Mary Joseph

Original Name : Janice Bryan

Gender : Male

Agnes Middleton

Character Name : Sister Paul

Original Name : Agnes Middleton

Gender : Male

France Arbour

Character Name : Housekeeper

Original Name : France Arbour

Gender : Female

Laurel Lyle

Character Name : Helen the Receptionist

Original Name : Laurel Lyle

Gender : Male

Victor Désy

Character Name : Librarian (as Victor Desy)

Original Name : Victor Désy

Gender : Male

Charlotte Laurier

Character Name : Young Prostitute

Original Name : Charlotte Laurier

Gender : Female

Peter Langley

Character Name : Sister Geneviève's Family

Original Name : Peter Langley

Gender : Male

Nicole Marie Abbat

Character Name : Sister Geneviève's Family

Original Name : Nicole Marie Abbat

Gender : Male

Matthew Armstrong

Character Name : Sister Geneviève's Family

Original Name : Matthew Armstrong

Gender : Male

Chava Mandlsohn

Character Name : Sister Geneviève's Family

Original Name : Chava Mandlsohn

Gender : Male

Charles S. Pottie

Character Name : Sister Geneviève's Family (as Charles S. Pottie S.J.)

Original Name : Charles S. Pottie

Gender : Male

Gerry Huckstep

Character Name : Paramedic

Original Name : Gerry Huckstep

Gender : Male

Marc Denis

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Marc Denis

Gender : Male

Herbert Luft

Character Name : Television Reporter

Original Name : Herbert Luft

Gender : Male

André Lacoste

Character Name : Male Patient

Original Name : André Lacoste

Gender : Male

Jennifer Jewison

Character Name : Female Patient

Original Name : Jennifer Jewison

Gender : Male

Carole Chatel

Character Name : Lab Technician

Original Name : Carole Chatel

Gender : Female

Daniel Tremblay

Character Name : Police Detective

Original Name : Daniel Tremblay

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

_**Melodramatic havoc at a rural Canadian Convent with Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly**_ After a bloody scandal at a Convent outside Montreal, a court-appointed psychiatrist (Jane Fonda) investigates to determine if a devout, but hysterical young woman (Meg Tilly) is fit to stand trial, but she’ll have to get past the intractable Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft) to find the truth. "Agnes of God" (1985) is a psychological drama revolving around a Convent with a few scenes of Montreal thrown in. What we have here is a mystery: Was the innocent & naïve Agnes (1) impregnated by God, (2) by some dude in the barn or wherever, or (3) a kind of spontaneous cloning or twinning. Concerning that last possibility: There are supposedly nine documented virgin births on record and the offspring were all girls who looked like their mothers. The idea that Agnes calls the baby "she” augments this possibility, plus the fact that she seemingly has enough faith to put holes in her hand, aka stigmata, why couldn't she split a cell in her womb? I’m not going to say what conclusion the ambiguous film points to, if any. “Stigmata” (1999) covers some of the same ground but is from the thriller/horror genre whereas “Agnes of God” is more mundane. “Stigmata” is all-around more compelling while “Agnes” is rather one-dimensional with women constantly confronting each other with a lot of screaming and crying. Yes, there are heavy reasons for these emotional dialogues, and those reasons are interesting to explore, but the story just wasn’t gripping for me. Too bad, because Fonda, Bancroft and Tilly bend over backwards to pull it off. While the movie didn’t really work for me, it’s a passionate and noble effort centering around faith, logic and ultimate reality (truth). And I have no doubt it has a cult following. Give it a try if the themes trip your trigger, but you’ll probably be disappointed. The movie runs 1 hour, 38 minutes, and was shot in Rockwood & Toronto, Ontario, with establishing shots of Montreal. GRADE: C