Deeply moving and emotionally layered.
Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
rape
nazi
nun
concentration camp
based on true story
religion
doctor
monastery
red cross
woman director
complex relationship
pregnant nun
catholic monastery