Wait a minute... so we got no answers?!?
At the beginning of the movie a Sister Agnes (Meg Tilly) is accused of killing her baby. The first and most pressing question was: how did she get pregnant? Obviously, we're not asking from a physiological standpoint, but from a standpoint of who? After a long charade where Dr. Martha Livingston (Jane Fonda) plays doctor and investigator, we find out that Sister Agnes really did kill her baby. Oh yeah, and she's more than a little nuts.
As for who's the real father, which seemed mightily important, we never found out. I suppose we are supposed to believe that it may have been God or an angel, but I don't think the most fanatical zealot would believe that.
This movie was a 98 minute long soul bearing session where the doctor, Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft), and Sister Agnes alike could all bear the ugly truths about themselves and the Catholic Church's role in their lives. That meant a bunch of head shrinking, crying, yelling, BLOOD, and increasingly frustrating non-answers from the childlike Agnes.
At the beginning of the movie a Sister Agnes (Meg Tilly) is accused of killing her baby. The first and most pressing question was: how did she get pregnant? Obviously, we're not asking from a physiological standpoint, but from a standpoint of who? After a long charade where Dr. Martha Livingston (Jane Fonda) plays doctor and investigator, we find out that Sister Agnes really did kill her baby. Oh yeah, and she's more than a little nuts.
As for who's the real father, which seemed mightily important, we never found out. I suppose we are supposed to believe that it may have been God or an angel, but I don't think the most fanatical zealot would believe that.
This movie was a 98 minute long soul bearing session where the doctor, Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft), and Sister Agnes alike could all bear the ugly truths about themselves and the Catholic Church's role in their lives. That meant a bunch of head shrinking, crying, yelling, BLOOD, and increasingly frustrating non-answers from the childlike Agnes.