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Nunnan – 25 år i kloster

Directed by
Maud Nycander
Starring
Moder Maria av Bebådelsen
Duration
95 min.
Year
2025
Language
Swedish
Age rating
Barntillåten

English title: The Nun – 25 Years in a Convent
Marta comes from a deeply devout Catholic family, they are nine siblings. After high school, she entered the strictest of all monastic orders, the Carmelite Order. Marta lives according to monastic rules that were instituted in the Middle Ages, she lives a life of prayer and silence, and never leaves the monastery. Seven times a year, she receives visits from her family; they meet in a visiting room separated by bars.

Today, Marta is 45 years old and has lived her entire adult life in the convent. The siblings have chosen different paths in life, they live in very different places in the world. The film follows a family across three generations, who have all chosen to live with God at the center. A film about faith and existential questions.

Filmmaker Maud Nycander began filming Marta and her family in 1996. The first film, The Nun (2007), won the Prix Italia and the Swedish Film Award Guldbaggen.

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