
Rich young Anne-Marie thinks she has found her vocation when she joins a Dominican convent as a novice. The convent specialises in rehabilitating female prisoners, and Anne-Marie becomes especially fascinated with Therese, trying to get her to join the convent to redeem her for her sins - but Therese protests her innocence. However, when released, Therese shoots the man who committed the crime for which she was imprisoned, then joins the convent, where she is reluctant to tel... (Full plot summary below)
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Rich young Anne-Marie thinks she has found her vocation when she joins a Dominican convent as a novice. The convent specialises in rehabilitating female prisoners, and Anne-Marie becomes especially fascinated with Therese, trying to get her to join the convent to redeem her for her sins - but Therese protests her innocence. However, when released, Therese shoots the man who committed the crime for which she was imprisoned, then joins the convent, where she is reluctant to tell anyone her secret, least of all Anne-Marie. Meanwhile, outside the convent, a police search is widening...
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| Time OutGeoff AndrewOne of the most astonishing film debuts ever, made while France was still under Nazi occupation. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceThe two-way street between convent and prison, the ideal place for Robert Bresson to found his themes and images |
| The Retro SetNathanael HoodTheological pretensions aside, Angels of Sin is simply an overcooked melodrama |
| User ReviewDaniel OPossibly the best-written movie I have ever seen. |
| User ReviewJohn ABresson's first feature film, and all about nuns, so I figured it wouldn't hold my interest. But it turned out to be quite a compelling story that covers a lot of ground. |
| User ReviewJohn HRating: 3.3/5. This being Bresson's first film, it is also a conventional film. It is well acted for that time. Even though it is predictable, I liked the story. But, it is a boring film full of flat characters. |
| User ReviewBernardo BBresson's first feature is about a nun becoming obsessed with a murderess. That could have gone wrong in so many ways but the direction is very assured; it's beautifully composed and shot with a silvery light similar to that used in Bresson's next film, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne. Some Bresson motifs are present already, such as an interest in feet and the insistence (explicitly made in the dialogue) that there there are no trivial details in life. Not a classic, but after this it was pretty much all masterpieces. |