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Novitiate

Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.

Director

Maggie Betts

Year

Genre

Box Office

$580,346

Production

Maven Screen Media

Awards

5 wins & 14 nominations

Homepage

http://sonyclassics.com/novitiate

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Reverend Mother

Sister Genevieve

Sister Kate

Alyssa Brindley

Sister Charlotte

Sister Emily

Sister Candace

Sister Cathleen

Margaret Qualley

Sister Evelyn

Sister Emanuel

Sister Anne

Hannah Renèe Jackson

Father Luca

Nora Harris

Julianne Nicholson

Cathleen Age 7

Eliza Stella Mason

Local Priest

Rob - Church Usher

Chuck Harris

Sister Gloria

Sister Eleanor

Cathleen Age 12

Nun Teacher

Peggy Walton-Walker

Sister Margaret

Miss Williams

Nora's Boyfriend

Gabe Beutel-Gunn

Sister Mary Grace

Sister Sissy

Sister Louisa

Marshall Chapman

Archbishop McCarthy

Student

Payton Christian

Blessed Sorrow

Parent

Darla Pelton-Perez

Catholic Priest

Priest

Father

Church Dad

Robert Happy Allen

Churchgoer

Kirk H. Andersen

Blessed Sorrows Student

Blessed Sorrows Student

Student

Churchgoer

Professed Nun

2nd Year Novice Nun 1

Student on School Bus

Wedding Attendee

Francis Dobrisky

Blessed Sorrows Student

Juliana Dougherty

Cathleen's Sister

Cathleen's Sister

Tallie Fausnaught

Church Goer

Churchgoer

Sydney Franklin

Cathleen's Sister

Shayna-Raye Funderburk

Churchgoer

Sister Nun

Ashley Hargrove

Professed Nun

Parent

Blessed Sorrows Student

Sister Theresa

Blessed Sorrows Student

Novice Nun

Lyndsey Iellimo

Alter Boy

Friend of Nora's

Blessed Sorrows Student

Cathleen's Sister

Professed Nun

Cathleen's Sister

Rachel Mae Moore

Churchgoer

Jeromy Tod Nichols

Wedding attendee

Melissa Nyenhuis

Blessed Sorrows Student

Emma Grace Peper

Cathleen's Sister

Adele Pomerenke

Parent of Nun

Blessed Sorrows Student

Professed Nun

Churchgoer

Blessed Sorrows Nun

Blessed Sorrow's Student

Altar Boy

Novitiate Parent

Phillip Trammel

Professed Nun

Parent

Church Goer

Jeffrey Wilkerson

Cathleen's Sister

Kaitlyn Williams

Professed Nun

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Reverend Mother Sister Cathleen Archbishop Mccarthy Nora Harris

There's a new era coming, - Novitiate

There's a new era coming,

There will come a time, very soon, - Novitiate

There will come a time, very soon,

All these trappings and clothing
falling away to the ground. - Novitiate

All these trappings and clothing falling away to the ground.

And it'll be us, all of us, - Novitiate

And it'll be us, all of us,

With the help of God, - Novitiate

With the help of God,

...both the difficulty and the joy
of a life completely devoted to Him. - Novitiate

...both the difficulty and the joy of a life completely devo...

My desire is to be allowed
to make perpetual profession. - Novitiate

My desire is to be allowed to make perpetual profession.

I seek to become a temporary bride
of Christ for a year and a half - Novitiate

I seek to become a temporary bride of Christ for a year and ...

May we be worthy of Christ's love. - Novitiate

May we be worthy of Christ's love.

We're married! We're married!
We're married! - Novitiate

We're married! We're married! We're married!

The novitiate,
as I'm sure you've all heard, - Novitiate

The novitiate, as I'm sure you've all heard,

It is then when the strength
of your so-called vocations - Novitiate

It is then when the strength of your so-called vocations

Because, and I think you'd all agree, - Novitiate

Because, and I think you'd all agree,

So, once a week,
we will be meeting in this room - Novitiate

So, once a week, we will be meeting in this room

So... You, Sister. - Novitiate

So... You, Sister.

I want you to think for a moment, - Novitiate

I want you to think for a moment,

Are you a perfect person,
a perfect human being? - Novitiate

Are you a perfect person, a perfect human being?

Don't you think you should at least
try to be perfect? - Novitiate

Don't you think you should at least try to be perfect?

So what do you think
stands in the way most - Novitiate

So what do you think stands in the way most

Because there's really no way
for any of us to achieve perfection - Novitiate

Because there's really no way for any of us to achieve ...

Yes, Mother, I agree. - Novitiate

Yes, Mother, I agree.

I feel like a slob, and... - Novitiate

I feel like a slob, and...

Leaving clothes on the floor
and lack of concentration, - Novitiate

Leaving clothes on the floor and lack of concentration,

And this time, - Novitiate

Well, there's a part of me - Novitiate

Well, there's a part of me

I want to be pure,
and I want to be good. - Novitiate

I want to be pure, and I want to be good.

I don't know if that's
who I really am on the inside. - Novitiate

I don't know if that's who I really am on the insi...

Sometimes my thoughts inside - Novitiate

Sometimes my thoughts inside

And I just feel bad and ugly inside. - Novitiate

And I just feel bad and ugly inside.

I've let my parents down,
my ma and my father, - Novitiate

I've let my parents down, my ma and my father,

I don't want to let Jesus down. - Novitiate

I don't want to let Jesus down.

And I just hope that
He knows that I can do better... - Novitiate

And I just hope that He knows that I can do better...

And now for your penance, - Novitiate

And now for your penance,

And I'd also like you
to starve yourself all day on Friday. - Novitiate

And I'd also like you to starve yourself all day on Fri...

Now that Sister has been brave enough
to share some of her faults with us, - Novitiate

Now that Sister has been brave enough to share some of her f...

Just now, when you said
she did a good job, - Novitiate

Just now, when you said she did a good job,

And how would she know - Novitiate

And how would she know

You did! You're a liar!
How else would she know? - Novitiate

You did! You're a liar! How else would she know?

However, if that is true, - Novitiate

However, if that is true,

What sort of nun are you going to be - Novitiate

What sort of nun are you going to be

So in addition to your other penance, - Novitiate

So in addition to your other penance,

You mean go home
and tell everyone and my parents - Novitiate

You mean go home and tell everyone and my parents

Sister Emanuel was previously a member - Novitiate

Sister Emanuel was previously a member

But as she felt the culture of the Roses - Novitiate

But as she felt the culture of the Roses

I guess all my friends
are just back home, - Novitiate

I guess all my friends are just back home,

They're going to the drive-in movies. - Novitiate

They're going to the drive-in movies.

And they're going roller-skating - Novitiate

And they're going roller-skating

- With boys.
- Yeah. I don't know, I... - Novitiate

- With boys. - Yeah. I don't know, I...

I don't really think about it. - Novitiate

I don't really think about it.

So, you never even kissed a boy
before you came here, - Novitiate

So, you never even kissed a boy before you came here,

"Let him kiss me
with the kisses of his mouth, - Novitiate

"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth,

"Your anointing oils are fragrant. - Novitiate

"Your anointing oils are fragrant.

"Your name is oil poured out on me. - Novitiate

"Your name is oil poured out on me.

"Therefore, virgins love you." - Novitiate

"Therefore, virgins love you."

I wish I could be more loved back. - Novitiate

I wish I could be more loved back.

I wish we all knew for sure - Novitiate

I wish we all knew for sure

Don't wish for things
you shouldn't, Sister. - Novitiate

Don't wish for things you shouldn't, Sister.

For it is in giving that we receive, - Novitiate

For it is in giving that we receive,

Perhaps it's because I haven't been
in the company of a man for a while. - Novitiate

Perhaps it's because I haven't been in the company...

- You have no idea why I'm here?
- No, I honestly do not. - Novitiate

- You have no idea why I'm here? - No, I honestly do no...

Well, I've been hearing a lot recently
about how this Order, in particular, - Novitiate

Well, I've been hearing a lot recently about how this O...

You see, for most of us, - Novitiate

You see, for most of us,

Why don't you tell me - Novitiate

Why don't you tell me

Not to mention it's a slap in the face - Novitiate

Not to mention it's a slap in the face

I don't think you really understand
what this will do to us. - Novitiate

I don't think you really understand what this will do t...

If we were to truly embrace
all these changes, - Novitiate

If we were to truly embrace all these changes,

Are you still encouraging
all of your novitiates and postulants - Novitiate

Are you still encouraging all of your novitiates and postula...

All that old medieval stuff?
Because that's gotta stop. - Novitiate

All that old medieval stuff? Because that's gotta stop.

I never asked my girls
to do anything for God - Novitiate

I never asked my girls to do anything for God

As for the rest
of Rome's recommendations, - Novitiate

As for the rest of Rome's recommendations,

A theme of change, adaptation,
of spiritual evolution. - Novitiate

A theme of change, adaptation, of spiritual evolution.

Do me a favor,
just open your mind a little bit. - Novitiate

Do me a favor, just open your mind a little bit.

Otherwise, I may have to "suggest" - Novitiate

Otherwise, I may have to "suggest"

I never ever, ever thought
that I would say this, - Novitiate

I never ever, ever thought that I would say this,

And I know, I know that's so horrible, - Novitiate

And I know, I know that's so horrible,

What if He's just something
that we all made up one day - Novitiate

What if He's just something that we all made up one day

Everything that we do for Him
and what we put ourselves through, - Novitiate

Everything that we do for Him and what we put ourselves thro...

But are we spreading any sort of love
in here or in the world, - Novitiate

But are we spreading any sort of love in here or in the worl...

Or are we even getting to know God more? - Novitiate

Or are we even getting to know God more?

And if it ever turned out - Novitiate

And if it ever turned out

Sister, you come in here week after week - Novitiate

Sister, you come in here week after week

Your utter spiritual wretchedness. - Novitiate

Your utter spiritual wretchedness.

So, for your penance,
I'm assigning you no penance. - Novitiate

So, for your penance, I'm assigning you no penance.

I just don't understand who she is
or what she's doing here. - Novitiate

I just don't understand who she is or what she's d...

I was wondering
if I could borrow the discipline? - Novitiate

I was wondering if I could borrow the discipline?

I can't just give it to you
without knowing - Novitiate

I can't just give it to you without knowing

I was uncharitable to one of my Sisters - Novitiate

I was uncharitable to one of my Sisters

Excuse me, Sister.
Your mother's here to see you. - Novitiate

Excuse me, Sister. Your mother's here to see you.

It's okay. Reverend Mother said
you can use the other door today. - Novitiate

It's okay. Reverend Mother said you can use the other d...

No one knew how sick he was, - Novitiate

No one knew how sick he was,

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Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Maggie Betts

Writer: Maggie Betts

Production: Maven Screen Media

Genre: drama

Year: 2017

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $580,346

Released: 20 Jan 2017

Awards: 5 wins & 14 nominations

Homepage: http://sonyclassics.com/novitiate

Also watch: Riot, Land and Shade, Quasi, Hard Times, Legal Eagles, Gossip, Rafiki, Dating Amber, Romantiche, 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain, The Sessions, 7 Days in Entebbe, The Mustang, Wonder Woman: Bloodlines