Sisterhood (2019 film)

Sisterhood (French: Ainsi soient-elles) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Maxime Faure and released in 2019.[1] The film profiles the Society of Helpers of the Holy Spirit, a Montreal-based social justice-oriented order of Roman Catholic nuns who are now in decline as only eight of them remain and all are in their 80s.[2]

Sisterhood
FrenchAinsi soient-elles
Directed byMaxime Faure
Produced byAudrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre
Estelle Robin You
CinematographyLéna Mill-Reuillard
Edited byKaren Benainous
Music byCamille Poliquin
Production
companies
Les Films du Balibari
Metafilms
Release date
  • November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17) (RIDM)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryCanada

The film premiered in November 2019 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival,[3] and continued to have film festival screenings in 2020,[4] although due to the disruptions of film distribution in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it only went into wider commercial release in 2021.[5]

Léna Mill-Reuillard received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022.[6]

References
  1. Allegra Moyle, "Sisterhood Review: Questioning the Need to Be a Nun". Point of View, June 11, 2021.
  2. "Un groupe de religieuses féministes à l’honneur dans Ainsi soient-elles". Ici Radio-Canada, June 11, 2021.
  3. "RIDM : Maxime Faure pénètre le quotidien d’un groupe de religieuses féministes avec « Ainsi soient-elles »". Lien Multimédia, November 19, 2019.
  4. "As tickets go on sale, Cinefest announces more films". Sudbury Star, August 29, 2020.
  5. André Lavoie, "Fermer les livres avec sérénité". Le Devoir, June 11, 2021.
  6. Stéphanie Nolin, "Gala Québec Cinéma 2022 : Vincent-Guillaume Otis sacré meilleur acteur". Showbizz, June 5, 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.