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Product Description: Story of Gabrielle Van Der Mal who gives up everything to become a nun facing incredible odds in the Congo and then at the mother house in France at the outbreak of World War II.Running Time: 151 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569739864 Manufacturer No: 73986 Amazon.com essential video: Fred Zinnemann's epic drama is a splendid showcase for Audrey Hepburn, who stars as the young nun Sister Luke, who is deeply spiritual yet conflicted about whether or not she can conform to convent life. Though the film is a mesmerizing--and quite leisurely--two and a half hours, its plot is fairly simple--young Gabrielle (Hepburn) enters the convent pledging her life to God, learns the disciplines associated with the life, receives her dream assignment of going to the Congo as a missionary nurse, and once there, is forced to face whether she is meant for the rigorous life of poverty, chastity, and most difficult of all, obedience. The film does a marvelous job of portraying the challenges of cloistered life without being either off-putting or overly romantic. And Hepburn, sometimes with only her eyes, communicates all the drive, faith, and conflict of a young woman so torn. --Anne Hurley Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-15
Obedience to rules and regulations
This old film is well done and offers an interesting look inside the walls of a Roman Catholic cloister in Belgium, and then at the missionary field of Africa. But it also provides the same message as the Bible's Old Testament, that strict obedience to an exacting set of rules and regulations is impossible. One ends up doing as is implied in this film--they either cheat or they leave. Rating: 
Date: 2008-04-22
One of Audrey's Best
The only reason I didn't give this movie five stars is because the beginning of it DRAGS so badly. Be patient, it gets much better, and the choice of Audrey Hepburn, with her expressive eyes, was perfect.
It's the kind of movie that you will talk about and discuss with others who have seen it afterward, and that always makes me feel that I have seen a superior movie. Rating:
Date: 2008-04-01
LIVING THE CRUCIFIED LIFE
There are very few movies (or books) available to the true Christian believer that demonstrate the life of taking up your cross and following Christ daily. Of dying to self - so that it is no longer about you but only Christ. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOVIES that will be of benefit to you if you long to submit to Him - NOT THE RITUALS, NOT RELIGION - but the life that is no longer YOU - the death of YOU, of self, of vanity, of pride - of coming out from among the world and being separate. And even though the main character struggles with obedience, there is a deeper depth (for truly she is rejecting RELIGION AND RITUALS and NOT CHRIST). It is also a powerful testimony of living your life for Him no matter what - including disappointment; of finding that what HE CHOOSES is best and not that which we could ever dream up for ourselves. A MUST SEE MOVIE. WELL DONE. You won't be disappointed if you truly long for Christ, to live in His perfect will. Rating:
Date: 2008-03-20
Spiritual Crisis in the Colonies
This is a real sleeper. Fascinating for its 1959 sensibilities with regard to the white man's burden, its depiction of "the natives," the joys of being colonized by Belgium. In fairness, it is also a fascinating psychological portrait of a woman torn between spirituality and the worlds of science and politics. Hepburn at her best. This is no Deborah Kerr on the beach potboiler. Really rather unforgettable. Rating:
Date: 2008-02-13
Great Forgot Movie
I discovered this movie years ago and have watched it every time I could find it on TV. I was delighted when it came out on the DVD format. For Audrey Hepburn fans this is a must have. Even those who just like the older movies will find this one moving. A fantastic movie and excellant cast. | 
