"Brides of Christ" (1991)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Brenda Fricker | as | Sister Agnes | | Sandy Gore | as | Mother Ambrose | | Josephine Byrnes | as | Diane/Sister Catherine | | Lisa Hensley | as | Veronica/Sister Paul | | Simon Burke | as | Jack Delahunty | | Melissa Jaffer | as | Sister Attracta | | Philip Quast | as | Ian McGregor | | Pat Bishop | as | Mary Maloney | | Naomi Watts | as | Frances Heffernan | | Kym Wilson | as | Rosemary Fitzgerald | | Peter Braunstein | as | Frank Markham | | Beth Champion | as | Sister Clare | | Dimity Clancey | as | Moya Maloney | | Gian Clancey | as | Kerry Maloney | | Vanessa Collier | as | Jacinta | | Syd Conabere | as | Da | | Christen Cornell | as | Lucy Mulcady | | Michael Craig | as | Bishop | | Russell Crowe | as | Dominic Maloney | | Christine Degeuron | as | Mrs. Upton | | Ann Fay | as | Sister Innocent | | Stuart Finch | as | Father Riordan | | John Frawley | as | Bishop | | Frank Gallacher | as | Priest | | Caroline Gillmer | as | Sister Philomena | | Pippa Grandison | as | Bernadette | | Deborah Hanley | as | Mary Statue | | Damon Herriman | as | Grant | | Connie Hobbs | as | Sister Pierre | | Keith Holloway | as | Lawrie Tierney | | Harold Hopkins | as | Ken Maloney | | Joy Hruby | as | Sister Polycarp | | John Langrishe | as | Tom Heffernan | | Adrian Lee | as | Kevin | | Stephen Leeder | as | Brother Thomas | | Liberty Lee | as | Frances, aged 8 | | Tathom Lennox | as | Anne Fitzgerald | | Ned Manning | as | Helen | | Rhys McConnochie | as | Monsignor | | Kirsty McGregor | as | Caroline | | Kristen Minichbauer | as | Carmel Fitzgerald | | Genevieve Mooy | as | Judith Fitzgerald | | Antonia Murphy | as | Novice Therese | | Russell Newman | as | Brother Louis | | Louise Pajo | as | Jean Markham | | Michelle Pettigrove | as | Sister Francine | | Hazel Phillips | as | Mrs. Purley | | Brian Rooney | as | Brendan Maloney | | Irene Rowland | as | Sister Perpetua | | Rob Steele | as | Senator Kearney | | Penny Stehli | as | Sister Patrick | | John Stone | as | Roger Conlan | | Bianca Sulkowicz | as | Diane, aged 6 | | Leo Taylor | as | Bill Fitzgerald | | Anne Tenney | as | Liz Heffernan (Elizabeth Jane Heffernan-Colman) | | Melissa Thomas | as | Brigid Maloney | | Paul Williams | as | Mark | | Michael Winchester | as | Martin Tierney |
| | Crew list: | | Ken Cameron (Director) | | John Alsop (Writer) | | Sue Smith (Writer) |
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Review
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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