
Novitiate(2017)
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.


“There are no simple truths.”
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.

Meryl Streep
Sister Aloysius Beauvier

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Father Brendan Flynn

Amy Adams
Sister James

Viola Davis
Mrs. Miller

Alice Drummond
Sister Veronica

Audrie Neenan
Sister Raymond

Susan Blommaert
Mrs. Carson

Carrie Preston
Christine Hurley

John Costelloe
Warren Hurley
Lloyd Clay Brown
Jimmy Hurley
Doubt is a drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of sexual abuse, nun, wine, priest, janitor, singing. Directed by John Patrick Shanley, it stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams. In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
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