Agnes of God

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film psychological drama film

Agnes of God is a 1985 psychological drama film about a young nun, a dead newborn, and the ensuing clash between faith and reason during a court-ordered psychiatric investigation.

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"Agnes of God" 1985 theatrical release poster 1
Agnes of God (play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
psychological drama film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Best Actress in a Leading Role ⓘ
Best Actress in a Supporting Role ⓘ
Best Original Score ⓘ
basedOn Agnes of God self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Agnes of God (play)
castMember Anne Bancroft ⓘ
Jane Fonda ⓘ
Meg Tilly ⓘ
characterPortrayed Anne Bancroft as Mother Miriam Ruth ⓘ
Jane Fonda ⓘ
surface form: Jane Fonda as Dr. Martha Livingston

Meg Tilly as Sister Agnes ⓘ
cinematographyBy Sven Nykvist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfSetting Canada ⓘ
director Norman Jewison ⓘ
discussesTheme miracles and skepticism ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ
religious faith ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Peter E. Berger ⓘ
filmingLocation Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
genre mystery drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
hasPosterCaption Agnes of God self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Agnes of God" 1985 theatrical release poster
mainCharacter Dr. Martha Livingston ⓘ
Mother Miriam Ruth ⓘ
Sister Agnes ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Georges Delerue (library music) ⓘ
surface form: Georges Delerue
narrativeFocus conflict between faith and reason ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarNominee Anne Bancroft ⓘ
Georges Delerue (library music) ⓘ
surface form: Georges Delerue

Meg Tilly ⓘ
playwrightOfSourceWork John Pielmeier ⓘ
plotElement court-ordered psychiatric evaluation ⓘ
investigation of a dead newborn ⓘ
producedBy Norman Jewison ⓘ
Patrick Palmer ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1985 ⓘ
releaseDate 1985-09-27 ⓘ
runningTime 98 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter John Pielmeier ⓘ
setIn Roman Catholic convent ⓘ
timePeriodOfRelease 1980s ⓘ

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Agnes of God → basedOn → Agnes of God self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agnes of God (play)
Norman Jewison → directed → Agnes of God ⓘ
Agnes of God → hasPosterCaption → Agnes of God self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Agnes of God" 1985 theatrical release poster
Norman Jewison → notableWork → Agnes of God ⓘ