An entertaining drama with important themes of faith and self-discovery brought to life by Audrey Hepburn’s amazing lead, I feel ashamed to admit this is my first time seeing her act but I don’t think there was a better choice of intro for my taste. The story is taken from Kathryn C. Hulme’s book of the same title and although I haven’t read that I can see the brilliance in this story, it also helps that Robert Anderson’s adaptation was as good as it was, really impressive work all around with the creation of this story and script. Franz Waxman’s music was another big reason for my enjoyment as it added so much to every emotion Sister Luke was feeling throughout the movie and I see clearly why and how he got a nom for this score. Like I said in the beginning Audrey Hepburn’s lead is fantastic, this is one of the few truly legendary actresses I haven’t explored yet and just like every other example the main thing I’m feeling now is regret that I didn’t get into her work earlier. She was truly brilliant here, I can tell I’ll love her as an actress just from her facial expressions and I genuinely can’t wait to see more, I might have to watch another tomorrow. Franz Planer also received an Oscar nom for his work with the cinematography which I have to say was most deserved, there were some truly gorgeous shots throughout this movie, that wasn’t something I saw coming at all. Now to get to why this isn’t rated higher, that’s because it didn’t feel like there was much real direction in this story, obviously we had Sister Luke’s journey to discover herself which was beautiful but with the amount of side-plots established I would’ve liked to see at least one followed up on all the way through. It also suffers a bit like a good number of movies from this era with the abrupt ending, it’s far from the worst I’ve seen in that department but not close to the best either, now that it’s sat with me I can say it didn’t have much negative impact on my overall opinion of the film though. Very much my thing and I’d get why some wouldn’t care for it but I think it’s almost undeniable that this is a well-written, greatly acted, and fulfilling story about a nun, which is exactly what I came for.
“Pride has not been burned out of me. When I succeed in obeying the rule, I fail at the same time by having pride in obeying.”
An entertaining drama with important themes of faith and self-discovery brought to life by Audrey Hepburn’s amazing lead, I feel ashamed to admit this is my first time seeing her act but I don’t think there was a better choice of intro for my taste. The story is taken from Kathryn C. Hulme’s book of the same title and although I haven’t read that I can see the brilliance in this story, it also helps that Robert Anderson’s adaptation was as good as it was, really impressive work all around with the creation of this story and script. Franz Waxman’s music was another big reason for my enjoyment as it added so much to every emotion Sister Luke was feeling throughout the movie and I see clearly why and how he got a nom for this score. Like I said in the beginning Audrey Hepburn’s lead is fantastic, this is one of the few truly legendary actresses I haven’t explored yet and just like every other example the main thing I’m feeling now is regret that I didn’t get into her work earlier. She was truly brilliant here, I can tell I’ll love her as an actress just from her facial expressions and I genuinely can’t wait to see more, I might have to watch another tomorrow. Franz Planer also received an Oscar nom for his work with the cinematography which I have to say was most deserved, there were some truly gorgeous shots throughout this movie, that wasn’t something I saw coming at all. Now to get to why this isn’t rated higher, that’s because it didn’t feel like there was much real direction in this story, obviously we had Sister Luke’s journey to discover herself which was beautiful but with the amount of side-plots established I would’ve liked to see at least one followed up on all the way through. It also suffers a bit like a good number of movies from this era with the abrupt ending, it’s far from the worst I’ve seen in that department but not close to the best either, now that it’s sat with me I can say it didn’t have much negative impact on my overall opinion of the film though. Very much my thing and I’d get why some wouldn’t care for it but I think it’s almost undeniable that this is a well-written, greatly acted, and fulfilling story about a nun, which is exactly what I came for.
“Pride has not been burned out of me. When I succeed in obeying the rule, I fail at the same time by having pride in obeying.”
