Accueil - Point du Jour International

International distribution
of documentary films
and factual TV programmes
Catalogue News New Projects About Us
> Online viewing of our videos (restricted access)
Login
New releases Award-winning Programmes
Browse catalogue by alphabetical order
AND by: Title   OR    Director
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Category:
Society & Human Interest

Keywords:
Religion, women/ equal opportunities, old age


Producer(s): LES FILMS DU BALIBARI

Coproducer(s)/co-financing:
SRC - RADIO CANADA, FRANCE TELEVISIONS - France 2, Metafilms

Music: KROY

Length:  1x74
1x52

Format:  One-off

Original version: French

Versions available: English: subtitle

Nationality: France

Year: 2019

Rights: world excl. Canada

Support(s):  HD file

SISTERHOOD

Director(s): Maxime FAURE – Writer(s): Maxime FAURE   Contact Contact   Download Print page

Play
Click here to watch the trailer!

What remains of a life of struggles?
As the disappearance of their small religious community looms, the Helper Nuns of Quebec are preparing to bequeath what's most their precious to them: years of campaigning for women’s rights, social justice and international solidarity.

Between apprehension about death, outbursts of laughter and meals washed down with wine, these dignified free-sprited women live the meaning of sisterhood to the full. Until the very end.

THE PRESS:
"In a once omnipotent Quebecois church, they seem to embody an alternative to the type of clericalism scorned by Pope Francis: a documentary with no priest, no bishop, simply nuns in pants and blouses, whom we follow from the National Assembly where one of them is given a medal to the seniors' rooms, which a younger sister visits daily for treatment…"
( Mélinée Le Priol, La Croix, 03/03/2020)
  • Home
  • Catalogue
  • News
  • New Projects
  • About Us
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Lisez ce contenu en français
  • Store