Agnes of God Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Norman Jewison
Genres: Drama, Mystery
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Agnes of God is an "opened up" adaptation of the minimalist stage play by John_Pielmeier. Meg_Tilly plays a young nun who secretly gives birth to a baby; the child's body is later found strangled to death. Court-appointed psychiatrist Jane_Fonda is sent to the convent to investigate, a task made difficult by the weathervane behavior of mother superior Anne_Bancroft. To draw out Tilly, who remembers nothing of the birth, Fonda suggests that hypnosis is called for. Playwright Pielmeier poses many questions--is Tilly a pure-and-simple murderess, or was there something "divine" in her act?--but offers frustratingly few answers. The evocative photography is by longtime Ingmar_Bergman associate Sven_Nykvist. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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