Intimate Portrayals of Nuns in Postwar Anglo-American Film
by
Maureen Sabine
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Ingrid Bergman’s engaging screen performance as Sister Mary Benedict in The Bells of St. Mary’s made the film nun a star and her character a shining standard of comparison. She represented the religious life as the happy and rewarding choice of a modern woman who had a “complete understanding”...