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The Calling is a 2009 British drama film directed by Jan Dunn. Dunn's third feature film, it tells the story of Joanna, played by Emily Beecham, who after graduating from university, goes against her family and friends when she decides to join the closed order of Benedictine nuns.
Apr 23, 2010 · The Calling: Directed by Jan Dunn. With Brenda Blethyn, Emily Beecham, Susannah York, Rita Tushingham. Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Jan Dunn
- 2010-04-23
The Calling. A university student leaves school to become a nun.
- Comedy, Drama
- Brenda Blethyn
- Jan Dunn
The Calling is a 2014 Canadian crime thriller film adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name by Michael Redhill (published under the pen name Inger Ash Wolfe). The film stars Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows, Ellen Burstyn, Topher Grace, Donald Sutherland, and Christopher Heyerdahl.
Transporting viewers to distant lands and into deep regions of the human soul, The Calling presents candid portraits of three people drawn to Catholic religious life: Orlando Castillo, a young man from a prosperous family who wishes to 'live simply' despite his parents reservations.
Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon) leads a quiet life with her mother (Ellen Burstyn), her painkillers, and an occasional drink. But when she checks on an ill neighbor, she stumbles upon a gruesome murder that shatters her peaceful existence.
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The Calling is a 2009 British drama film directed by Jan Dunn. Dunn's third feature film, it tells the story of Joanna, played by Emily Beecham, who after graduating from university, goes against her family and friends when she decides to join the closed order of Benedictine nuns.
