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Doubt is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning 2004 stage play Doubt: A Parable. Produced by Scott Rudin, the film takes place in a Catholic elementary school named for St. Nicholas.
Dec 25, 2008 · A Catholic school principal suspects a priest of abusing a student in 1964 New York. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about this Oscar-nominated film.
- (136K)
- Drama, Mystery
- John Patrick Shanley
- 2008-12-25
A Catholic grade school could seem like a hermetically sealed world in 1964. That's the case with St. Nicholas in the Bronx, ruled by the pathologically severe principal Sister Aloysius, who keeps the students and nuns under her thumb and is engaged in an undeclared war with the new parish priest.
May 5, 2022 · Doubt is a 2008 film adaptation of a play about a nun who suspects a priest of abusing a student. The ending reveals the complex themes of power, philosophy and doubt in the Catholic Church and the human soul.
Starring Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, ‘Doubt’ introduces us to Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the rigid and fear-inspiring principal of the...
- 3 min
- 249.2K
- Miramax
In 1964 the winds of change are sweeping through Sister Aloysius' (Meryl Streep) St. Nicholas school. Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a charismatic priest, is advocating reform of the ...
- (221)
- Drama
- PG-13
Summaries. A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student. It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx.
