- Story of Gabrielle Van Der Mal, who gives up everything to become a nun, facing incredible odds in the Congo and then at the mother house in France at the outbreak of World War II.Running Time: 151 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 012569739864 UPC: 012569739864 Manufacturer No: 73986
Story of Gabrielle Van Der Mal, who gives up everything to become a nun, facing incredible odds in the Congo and then at the mother house in France at the outbreak of World War II.Fred Zinnemann’s epic drama is a splendid showcase for Audrey Hepburn, who stars as the young nun Sister Luke, who is deeply spiritual yet conflicted about whether or not she can conform to convent life. Though the film is a mesmerizing–and quite leisurely–two and a half hours, its plot is fairly simple–young Gabrielle (Hepburn) enters the convent pledging her life to God, learns the disciplines associated with the life, receives her dream assignment of going to the Congo as a missionary nurse, and once there, is forced to face whether she is meant for the rigorous life of poverty, chastity, and most difficult of all, obedience. The film does a marvelous job of portraying the challenges of cloistered life without being either off-putting or overly romantic. And Hepburn, sometimes with only her eyes, communicates all the drive, faith, and conflict of a young woman so torn. –Anne Hurley
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March 5, 2010
#1
I wish I had known the film was about the triumph of selfishness and pride before purchasing it. I found the film carried a strong anti-Catholic message in justifying the nun’s abandonment of her solemn vows, rather than seeing her departure as her personal failure.
March 5, 2010
#2
It is quite an entertaining for a secular viewers but rather a very disturbing thing to the soul of those who understand what it means for taking vow of obedience in the religious order. To me, the movie is about an ambitious nurse who takes advantage of the religious life for her own fame. There is no spiritual inpriration or any benefit for any good catholic viewer who may know what a real value of a consecrated person should be.
March 5, 2010
#3
What a horror of an example to others. This is a story about a nun and her temptations about her calling. Well, in the end she fails and gives up her vocation. What a let down of a movie. As if it is the most impossable thing to persevere in one’s vocation as a nun. Nice one hollywood, another blow to the religious. I felt it my duty to warn those who wish to obtain this dvd, thats why I gave away the story. audrey hepburn does a disservice to our religious by playing the role of an apostate nun, shame on her! An Audrey fan no more. This is not in the same class as ‘The song of Bernadette’, ‘A Man for all seasons’, ‘Therese’, ‘El Cid’, etc.
March 5, 2010
#4
Here it is so open your eyes and pay attention: This movie is Money. Slow money like the kind you get for selling lemonade on the corner for 5 cents. Slow like Flo Jo runs in a marathon. I sugjest you drink a lot when you watch this movie. I did one time and it really braught it all together. like two storms that come together somewhere in middle america and causes a tornado all up in yah. Yeah this movie is hard to get into for sure. like getting into watching cricket on tv. I like the part when she’s in the jungle, it really gives you a feel of what it must be like. Just like I did with your girlfriend last night. I think it’s worth seeing at least once. Like it’s worth seeing cry of the white wolf once. If your a hepburn fan like me than this movie should interest you. If not, than I wouldn’t bother.
March 5, 2010
#5
It’s a testament to the filmmakers that the scene in which Sister Luke signs papers to leave the church has real gravity.
The final shot sits on the fence, that is if to say “you can walk in as well as out”, but I found it too distracting. I kept thinking: “You close doors behind you.” Guess I’m not terribly spiritual, then.