In 1930, in Belgium, Gabrielle van der Mal is the stubborn daughter of the prominent surgeon Dr. Hubert van der Mal that decides to leave her the upper-class family to enter to a convent, expecting to work as nun in Congo with tropical diseases. She says good-bye to her sisters Louise and Marie; to her brother Pierre; and to her beloved father, and subjects herself to the stringent rules of the retrograde institution, including interior silent and excessive humbleness and humiliation. After a long period working in a mental institution, Gaby is finally assigned to go to Congo, where she works with the Atheist and cynical, but brilliant, Dr. Fortunati. Sister Luke proves to be very efficient nurse and assistant, and Dr. Fortunati miraculous heals her tuberculosis. Years later, she is ordered to return to Belgium and when her motherland is invaded by the Germans, she learns that her beloved father was murdered by the enemy while he was helping wounded members of the resistance.
Also Known As (AKA): Historia de una monja, Au risque de se perdre, La storia di una monaca, A História de Uma Freira, Geschichte einer Nonne
File Name : the.nuns.story.1959.mkv
File Size : 1257 MB
Resolution : 720×406
Duration : 02:31:34
Video : AVC (AVC), 23.976 fps
Audio : AAC (AAC LC), 48.0 KHz, 1 channel, 1 stream
Quality: HDTVRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Drama