The Calling

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The Calling

"You enter for one reason, you stay for another."

2010

1h 49m

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Comedy

Overview

Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.

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20 members

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Brenda Blethyn

Sister Ignatious

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Emily Beecham

Joanna

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Susannah York

The Prioress

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Rita Tushingham

Sister Gertrude

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Amanda Donohoe

Trish

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Chloe Sirene

Vivie

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David Bark-Jones

Vince

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Nick Bartlett

Eddie

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Scarlett Bruns

Nun

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Susannah Harker

Sister Ambrose

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Annette Kneath

Clive's Mum

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Pauline McLynn

Sister Hilda

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Corin Redgrave

The Bishop

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Justin Salinger

Father Kieren

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Joanna Scanlan

Sister Kevin

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Eleanor Charlotte Stewart

Sister Ignatious's Granddaughter

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Nicola Stewart

Sister Ignatious's Daughter

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Tom Stuart

Clive

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Harriet Thorpe

Consuela

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Sean Wilton

Dave

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