I have read and seen the movie a few times. Does anyone know of any other books or films that have similiar story/plot?
shareThe only two movies that I can think of and they are both true stories are "the Sound of Music", of course and "The Singing Nun" oh yeah "Change of Habit" though that's not a true story. All three are about nuns and conflict.
shareThe book In This House of Brede is wonderful (read it 3 times), a very detailed fictional account of life in a Benedictine cloistered convent. The film (was it a PBS production?) is okay, but pales in comparison.
The author, Rumer Godden, also wrote The Black Narcissus , again about nuns and convent life, made into a film of the same name with Deborah Kerr.
I will also give a thumbs-up to "In This House of Brede," although it has been many years since I read it.
If anyone is interested in nuns in general and their internal (and external) struggles, you should check out the Australian TV mini-series "Brides of Christ" (filmed in 1991 but set in the 1960s).
Brides of Christ was good and, if I'm not mistaken, a young Russell Crowe was in it.
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