In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.

Meryl Streep
as Sister Aloysius Beauvier

Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Father Brendan Flynn

Amy Adams
as Sister James

Viola Davis
as Mrs. Miller

Alice Drummond
as Sister Veronica

Audrie Neenan
as Sister Raymond

Susan Blommaert
as Mrs. Carson

Carrie Preston
as Christine Hurley

John Costelloe
as Warren Hurley

Lloyd Clay Brown
as Jimmy Hurley
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Knee-deep in the throes of my first love, I was quite surprised to hear that my lady's favourite movie was 'Joe Versus the Volcano'. (I still haven't seen the film). It dawned on me, when I wanted to check out an American film which, to my knowledge, had a plethora of fine acting, that this was writ...
CinemaSerf
There is wonderful scene in this film where "Fr. Flynn" (Philip Seymour Hoffman) tries to explain, using feathers, just how wicked gossip can be. He is the victim of such nefarious chatter - but is he guilty? Well "Sister Aloysius" (Meryl Streep) believes so. She sees the father with a student on th...