At six and a half hours this was twice as long as it needed to be. It's the story of a nun, conflicted as to whether or not she should leave her order to go home and run the family business or stay inside her cloistered convent. The writer clearly has a bias, as none of the spiritual rewards of the religious life are shown and all the hardships are highlighted. Changing to a teaching order is never suggested.
One would think Thomas's character had been forced to join and held prisoner for 16 years.
It's all quite predictable with heavy hints that she had only joined the convent because she had been sexually repressed and is now "awakening." We even have to see two full frontal nude scenes while she gazes at herself in the mirror as though she hadn't known she had breasts. We're expected to thrill over things like new clothes and a rather plain haircut, and be delighted that she's jumped so quickly from a vow of chastity to casual sex. The only "moral" she retains is a very judgemental attitude about other people's smoking.
One would think Thomas's character had been forced to join and held prisoner for 16 years.
It's all quite predictable with heavy hints that she had only joined the convent because she had been sexually repressed and is now "awakening." We even have to see two full frontal nude scenes while she gazes at herself in the mirror as though she hadn't known she had breasts. We're expected to thrill over things like new clothes and a rather plain haircut, and be delighted that she's jumped so quickly from a vow of chastity to casual sex. The only "moral" she retains is a very judgemental attitude about other people's smoking.