Brides of Christ

TV Series

1991

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Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to join a convent after being sure she has a calling to the faith. The Catholic Church and its followers are struggling with huge changes. The Pope has died, there is war in Vietnam and mandatory conscription, there is the Vatican controversy on abortion and contraception, and the changing face of the Church as a whole. Told in six parts, Diane faces her own demons and has to finally decide if she can teach what the Church preaches, or if it's simply impossible for her to reconcile all the contradictions of the faith and uphold her vow of obedience.

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Wed, 04 Sep, 1991
S1.E1Diane
Diane is due to be married but unsure of her feelings for her husband to be and her strong feelings of faith, she shocks her family by deciding to enter the Santo Spirito convent as a postulant.
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Wed, 11 Sep, 1991
S1.E2Frances
New to the school and coming from a broken home, Frances struggles to find friends, and a place in the stratified world of boarding school.
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Brenda Fricker
Sister Agnes
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Sandy Gore
Mother Ambrose
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Josephine Byrnes
Sister Catherine
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Lisa Hensley
Sister Paul

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Release date

September 4, 1991 (United States)

Country of origin

Australia

Language

English

Production companies

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
RTÉ

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