Overview

A well-off young woman decides to become a nun, joining a convent that rehabilitates female prisoners. Through their program, she meets a woman named Thérèse who refuses any help because she says she was innocent of the crime she was convicted for. After being released from prison, Thérèse murders the actual perpetrator of the crime and comes to seek sanctuary in the convent.

Genres

Cast

Renée Faure

Anne-Marie Lamaury

Jany Holt

Thérèse

Sylvie

Prioress

Mila Parély

Madeleine

Marie-Hélène Dasté

Mother Saint-Jean

Yolande Laffon

Madame Lamaury

Paula Dehelly

Mother Dominique

Silvia Monfort

Agnès

Louis Seigner

Prison director

Georges Colin

Head of the P.J.

Geneviève Morel

Sister Berthe

Jean Morel

Police inspector