6.8 /10 1 Votes
66% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Léa Pool Starring Céline Bonnier Edited by Michel Arcand Director Léa Pool Screenplay Léa Pool, Marie Vien | 7.5/10 IMDb 6.6/10 Letterboxd Written by Léa Pool
Marie Vien Music by François Dompierre Initial release 20 March 2015 (Montreal) Cinematography Daniel Jobin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Lyse Lafontaine
François Tremblay Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Cast Céline Bonnier, Lysandre Ménard, Diane Lavallée, Valérie Blais, Pierrette Robitaille Similar Movies about music, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Passion of Augustine (French: La passion d'Augustine) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Léa Pool and released in 2015.
The film stars Céline Bonnier as Mother Augustine, a Roman Catholic nun who teaches music in a convent school in rural Quebec in the 1960s and who is fighting to preserve her school against the backdrop of the social changes wrought by Vatican II and Quebec's Quiet Revolution. The film's cast also includes Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Gilbert Sicotte, Marie Tifo and Andrée Lachapelle.
The film garnered two Canadian Screen Awards at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, for Best Actress (Céline Bonnier) and Best Original Score (François Dompierre).
For the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards (formerly known as the Prix Jutra), The Passion of Augustine won 6, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress, Céline Bonnier.