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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.

Keywords

  • Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
  • Portraits of empowered women
  • Women's Rights
  • religion

Actors

  • Karin Viard
  • François Berléand
  • Maxime Bergeron
  • Anaïde Rozam
  • Patrick Catalifo
  • Nicolas Cazalé

Director

  • Virginie Sauveur

Drama, Crime


1h 38min


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FR

France
2023
Upon the death of an old priest, the leaders of his diocese discover that he was actually a woman. How was such deception possible?

Upon the death of an old priest, the leaders of his diocese discover that he was actually a woman. How was such deception possible?


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.

Cast & Crew