A spate of pregnancies in a post-war Polish convent, the result of Russian liberation from the German army, leads to the questioning of faith by many of the nuns. The arrival of the French Red Cross in the form of Mathilde Beaulieu (Lou de Laâge) brings matters to a head.
Based on a true story, this authentic, quietly dignified telling, shot in the limited palette of a Polish winter, focuses primarily on the evolving friendship between Mathilde and Sister Maria (Agate Buzek).
But the film, directed by Anne Fontaine, would have been the stronger without the ‘three months later’ ending.
Rating: 68%
Director: Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel, Gemma Bovary)
Writer: Sabrine B. Karine (Smile of April), Pascal Bonitzer (Valentin Valentin, Gemma Bovary), Anne Fontaine (Adore, Gemma Bovary), Alice Vial (Five)
Main cast: Lou de Laâge (Breathe, Jappeloup), Agate Buzek (Redemption, The Reverse), Joanna Kulig (Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters, Ida)
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