Event 12
The Calling
Film screening & conversation with the director
– Parish Hall
Director: Jan Dunn
With Brenda Blethyn, Susannah York, Emily Beecham, Rita Tushingham
UK 2009. 105 minutes.
Joanna is about to graduate from university with her whole life ahead of her when she decides to finally face up to a calling she’s had all her life to become a nun. Entering an enclosed Benedictine order, she encounters far greater problems and difficult characters than in the outside world. However, the profound unfolding of her own character and the relationships she makes completely change things. A stellar cast includes Brenda Blethyn, Susannah York, and Rita Tushingham.
Q&A with the Director
Dunn’s previous award-winning films, Gypo and Ruby Blue, were sensitive accounts of communities turning on outsiders. Here her subject is life in a convent. She’ll also be talking about the challenges by an independent filmmaker.
With Brenda Blethyn, Susannah York, Emily Beecham, Rita Tushingham
UK 2009. 105 minutes.
Joanna is about to graduate from university with her whole life ahead of her when she decides to finally face up to a calling she’s had all her life to become a nun. Entering an enclosed Benedictine order, she encounters far greater problems and difficult characters than in the outside world. However, the profound unfolding of her own character and the relationships she makes completely change things. A stellar cast includes Brenda Blethyn, Susannah York, and Rita Tushingham.
Q&A with the Director
Dunn’s previous award-winning films, Gypo and Ruby Blue, were sensitive accounts of communities turning on outsiders. Here her subject is life in a convent. She’ll also be talking about the challenges by an independent filmmaker.
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