Novitiate
Drama
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.
VIBE
A tender, yet rigorous, exploration of faith and burgeoning desire within the confines of a 1960s convent. It feels like a quiet, internal struggle against dogma, rendered with stark beauty and emotional honesty.
introspectiveyearningdevotionalmelancholicconflictedslow-burnperiod dramaarthousereligious dramacharacter studyfaithsexualityidentitycoming-of-ageinstitutionalism
sexual identitynunreligious educationvaticanconfessioncoming of agemother superiormonasterycatholic churchwoman directorfaith testedabuse1960semotional abuse
