Heart of the Sun
The truth sometimes sleeps, but it never dies.
1998 · 1h 34m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Francis Damberger
Overview
Depression era drama set in Alberta finds a farmer's wife who swears that her inability to have a child is a punishment from God. In fact, it is slowly revealed that her inability to have a child stems from an illicit relationship that she had with a local priest and a subsequent operation forced on her in a cover-up by the church and her family which left her infertile
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