In This House of Brede (1975)

overview : Philippa Talbot is a talented London businesswoman who has decided to give up her position and power to become a nun. The man who loves her is in shock over her departure from his life. When Philippa arrives at Brede, a cloistered Benedictine monastery, the abbess who was responsible for convincing her to enter this vocation suddenly dies. Her successor is Catherine, a sensitive leader who's the first to tell the newcomer to the community that all nuns are to love without a preference for one over another. This becomes very difficult when Joanna, a young nun, singles Sister Philippa out and grows very attached to her.

Release Date : Feb 27, 1975

Runtime : 1h 45m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : CBS, Tomorrow Entertainment

Countries : United States of America, United Kingdom

Keywords : moral conflict, convent (nunnery), drastic change of life, cloistered life