Mariette in Ecstasy (1996)
Overview
In this forceful study of religious passion an extraordinary spiritual experience is placed in the center of a deftly evoked natural world, namely, rural upstate New York just after the turn of the century. At summer's end, when she is 17, Mariette Baptiste, educated daughter of the local doctor, enters the cloistered convent of Our Lady of the Afflictions as a postulant. Her religious fervor, understated but determined, makes an impact on the small community of nuns whose days and nights are measured in a round of prayer and farm work changing only with the seasons. Their ordered life is disrupted, however, as Mariette begins to fall into a series of trances from which she awakens with stigmata, which heal as spontaneously as they appear. The feelings of skepticism, jealousy and adoration evoked in the nuns, Mariette's own response and that of the Mother Superior are delicately, indelibly presented.
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 1.056 |
Directed By
John Bailey
Crew
Paul Sarossy
John Bailey
Christopher Klatman
Ron Hansen
Vicki Graef
Mary Jo Markey
TOP CAST
![Geraldine O'Rawe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/77QWUiFhXFhgwJ3gC5pXrXxg7Xk.jpg)
Geraldine O'Rawe
Mariette Baptiste
![Alex Appel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/mwt2HdecQqsk79j8r90buFbEwCL.jpg)
Alex Appel
Sister Philomene
![John Mahoney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/paVSw7Brdp6MKa2j4UPukA0KHs3.jpg)
John Mahoney
Dr. Claude Baptiste
![Mary McDonnell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/qqdaaFLEPXbB8thVJJkYJ4WoAuj.jpg)
Mary McDonnell
Prioress
![Cara Pifko](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/oe6Xx56bpVYpcTJJNJFbzN0PWfA.jpg)
Cara Pifko
Sister Hermance
![Eva Marie Saint](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/eVkxf868DqzVn9HIlSJHUhRoGA7.jpg)
Eva Marie Saint
Mother Saint-Raphael
![Nancy Beatty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/eSpQqRyyxFDgEbTGFwmjB5cXkox.jpg)
Nancy Beatty
Sister
![Rutger Hauer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/3Lly7qwOrESdFcwyaiEOfPlB76l.jpg)
Rutger Hauer
Chaplan