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2023-06-21 · 98 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · Comedy · Crime

When an elderly priest died, the people in charge of his diocese discovered that it was a woman. Without anyone suspecting it, she had been practicing her vocation for years. Dismayed, the bishop decided to launch an investigation and asked the chancellor of the diocese to find out how, why and with what complicity such a deception was possible.

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Directors
Virginie Sauveur
Production companies
Move Movie, Terence Films
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Karin ViardKarin ViardCharlotte
François BerléandFrançois BerléandMonseigneur Mével
Maxime BergeronMaxime BergeronThomas
Patrick CatalifoPatrick CatalifoL'auxiliaire
Nicolas CazaléNicolas CazaléJérémy
Anaïde RozamAnaïde RozamAnne
Patrick d'AssumçaoPatrick d'AssumçaoDr. Grammel
Benoît AllemaneBenoît AllemanePère Lataste
Stéphanie MicheliniStéphanie MicheliniMathilde
NegritaGloria

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