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The Passion of Augustine (2015)

The Passion of Augustine poster
Original title
La Passion d'Augustine
Directed by
Léa Pool
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
G
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1960s rural Quebec, a nun runs a convent music school. She fights to keep her program alive as new education reforms threaten to close it down.

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What happens

The Passion of Augustine (French: La passion d'Augustine) is a 2015 Canadian drama film from Quebec directed by Léa Pool and written by Pool and Marie Vien. It stars Céline Bonnier as the head of a rural Quebec convent music school threatened by 1960s educational reforms. The film won six Quebec Cinema Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Pool and Best Actress for Bonnier, and received two Canadian Screen Award nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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