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Brides of Christ (1991)

Brides of Christ poster
Directed by
Ken Cameron
Genre
drama television series
Country
Australia
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a Sydney convent school during the 1960s, nuns and teenage students grapple with shifting social norms and church traditions. The series follows their personal conflicts as they navigate faith, authority, and the changing world around them.

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What happens

Brides of Christ is an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991. The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals with the struggles of both the Roman Catholic nuns and the young students to adapt to the many social changes taking place within the church and the outside world during the 1960s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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