Little-known best film

The is a wonderful film and story. I myself thought that her love for medicine and helping people in the end won over her desire to devote her life spiritually. Her fathers death was the moment she received the grace and courage to live her truth. Just a sweet, sweet story and she was indeed torn. I loved in certain parts of the film she kept getting tested. Just when she thought she was getting closer to her desires for the Congo there would be something pulling at her or in the way. The insane asylum in Belgium where she was first sent (and then sent to watch over the ward of the most dangerous and seriously ill) would test the will of God himself. Even once she got to the Congo she was sent to the European hospital..not in the lepper colonies and with the village hospital as she longed for with her huge knowledge of tropical diseases etc...her scare with TB, recuperation process and replationship with the Dr. was touching and enlightening for her and the viewer...just great. I agree this was one of her best films and cannot imagine it being made today. She was such a true genuine talent. Glad it is on DVD and I appreciate the other reviews with the information on the cinema history. It is a little on the long side, so it needs a big bowl of popcorn! :)

the nun's story

A very good and moral story ,in wich all of us we can identify ,no matter our religios views , since we are humans first .
at times our families can have to high of interest in a certain career or holly life sacrifice for us ,when we are only humans first and regardless waht our fathers did before us , we might be call to be a good teacher ,instead of a good preacher .
I think The nun's story,, is a powerfull story, of a young confused woman transforming onto a strong human being ,,good to see and to take some with us .

THE ESSENCE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Perhaps no film I've ever seen has so well captured the essence of the Roman Catholic Church before Vatican II. This is a simple and perfectly sustained work of art about the spiritual struggle of one soul who seeks to be a nun and a nurse in a semi-cloistered convent before and during World War II. It is a lense through which one can see tne entire religion and its deepest values: complete dedication to Our Lord Jesus Christ, complete love of neighbor and of enemy, complete abandon to the will and the way of Christ. Watching the film tonight, I can hardly believe that it was made in 1959, even though I've watched it many times over the years. It is timeless in its power. For Catholic and non-Catholic, it provides profound religious truths. It transcends its subject matter and asks of the viewer: if you believe in Him, what are you doing for Him? The film speaks to the human in each of us, to the broken one in each of us, and reminds us of the absolute to which a person can give his or her life.