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Novitiate
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Margaret Qualley as Sister Cathleen
- Melissa Leo as Reverend Mother
- Julianne Nicholson as Nora Harris
- Dianna Agron as Sister Mary Grace
- Lisa Stewart as Sister Genevieve
- Morgan Saylor as Sister Evelyn
- Liana Liberato as Sister Emily
- Denis O'Hare as Archbishop McCarthy
- Rebecca Dayan as Sister Emanuel
- Eline Powell as Sister Candace
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