USA, Canada, 1985
95m
35mm film, Metrocolor
Dolby Stereo, English
An American/Canadian drama with fantasy elements directed by Norman Jewison.
Plot Summary
The slightly unearthly nun Sister Agnes gives birth to baby which she claims to be a virgin birth. The baby dies and a struggle ensues between Mother Superior Miriam Ruth, who wants Agnes to be left alone, and psychiatrist Dr Martha Livingston who wants to find out what really happened to Agnes.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Norman Jewison
© 1985 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Columbia Pictures presents a Norman Jewison film. From Columbia, Delphi IV Productions
Produced by: Patrick Palmer, Norman Jewison
Associate Producers: Charles Milhaupt, Bonnie Palef-Woolf
Produced on the New York Stage by: Kenneth Waissman, Lou Kramer and Paramount Theater Productions
Screenplay by: John Pielmeier
Based Upon the Stage Play by: John Pielmeier
Director of Photography: Sven Nykvist
Film Editor: Antony Gibbs
Music by: Georges Delerue
Production Sound Mixer: Richard Lightstone
Costume Designer: Renée April
Makeup Artist: Ann Brodie
Hairstylist: Paul LeBlanc
Special Effects Coordinator: Ron Thiessen
Special Blood Effects: Carrie Robbins and Richard Huggins of Theatre Magic
Production Designer: Ken Adam
Cast
Jane Fonda ( Martha Livingston)
Anne Bancroft (Mother Miriam Ruth)
Meg Tilly (Sister Agnes)
Anne Pitoniak (Dr Livingston’s mother)
Winston Rekert (Detective Langevin)
Gratien Gélinas (Father Martineau)
Guy Hoffman (Justice Joseph Leveau)
Gabriel Arcand (Monsignor)
Françoise Faucher (Eve Le Claire)
Jacques Tourangeau (Eugene Lyon)
Janine Fluet (Sister Marguerite)
Deborah Grover (Sister Anne)
Michele George (Sister Susanna)
Samantha Langevin (Sister Jeannine)
Jacqueline Blais (Sister David Marie)
Françoise Berd (Sister Therese)
Mimi D’Estée (Sister Elizabette)
Rita Tucket (Sister Geraldine)
Lillian Graham (Sister Madeline Marie)
Norma Dell’Agnese (Sister Genevieve)
Alternative Titles
Agnese di Dio – Italy
Agnes de Dios – Spain
Agnes de Dieu – France
Agnes – Engel im Feuer – Germany
References
Periodicals
- Empire December 1998 p.148 – review
- Film Review March 1987 p.42 – review
- Films and Filming March 1986 p.30 – review
- Première March 1986 p.10 – review (by Jean-Paul Chaillet)
Newspapers
- Today 9 March 1986 p.40 – review
Books
- AntiCristo: The Bible of Nasty Nun Sinema & Culture by Steve Fentone pp.46-47 – review
- Elliot’s Guide to Films on Video p.11 – credits
- The Films of the Eighties by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan p.6 – credits, synopsis, review
- Video Source Book (13th Edition) p.46 – credits
