Top Cast
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Anna Mihalcea
Sylvie
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Soko
Denise
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Bernadette Lafont
Sylvie adulte
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Marianne Basler
Soeur Anastasie
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Annie Grégorio
Soeur Blandine
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Mado Maurin
Soeur Marie-Odile
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Marie Berto
Soeur Marie-Agnès
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Anne Cuvelier
Soeur Constance
Overview
France in the fifties. The teenage orphan Sylvie is put in an institution for "fallen" or endangered girls, subjected to harsh treatment by the bigoted nuns who run the institution like a prison. Sylvie befriends a girl who wants to escape.
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