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Filmmaker Margaret Betts on NOVITIATE — Interview by Kristen Page-Kirby

December 30, 2017October 24, 2018 Kristen Page-Kirby 0 Comments margaret betts, margaret qualley, motw, Movie of the Week, novitiate

“Novitiate” is a love story about a girl in a relationship with a guy who just doesn’t seem to be paying much attention to her. It’s a fairly typical tale, except the girl is a 17-year-old nun in training and the guy is God. In the drama, opening Friday, Cathleen (played by Margaret Qualley) enters the (fictional) convent of the Sisters of Blessed Rose in 1964. She begins her journey toward becoming a nun with a one-year stint as a postulant, getting used to the daily routine of the convent.

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NOVITIATE — Review by Martha K. Baker

November 13, 2017November 19, 2017 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments margaret betts, motw, Movie of the Week, novitiate

Director Margaret Betts, in her debut feature film, focuses on a novice, who has just entered the order, and a

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK: October 27: NOVITIATE

October 22, 2017May 19, 2020 Betsy Bozdech 0 Comments anne brodie, Cate Marquis, dianne agron, esther iverem, jeanne wolf, jennifer merin, liz whittemore, maggie betts, margaret betts, margaret qualley, maryann johanson, melissa leo, nell minow, novitiate, nuns, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna, thelma adams, vatican ii

Writer/director Margaret Betts’ first feature is a compelling drama that tells the sometimes-bleak story of Cathleen, an earnest young woman who decides to take the veil in the early 1960s, as Vatican II reforms dictated changes in the cloistered lives of women religious. Novitiate is a stunning eye-opener. Continue reading…

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NOVITIATE — Review by Cate Marquis

October 16, 2017October 22, 2017 Cate Marquis 0 Comments margaret betts, margaret qualley, melissa leo, motw, Movie of the Week, novitiate

NOVITIATE stars Margaret Qualley as Cathleen Norris, a 17-year-old raised by a non-religious single mother who nonetheless decides to enter