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April in Love
- Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
- Writer: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
- Producer: Isabelle Madelaine; Luc Besson
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Besson produced - so, he must have seen something...
Hustache-Mathieu wrote and directed...and, it is like a breath of fresh air - religion and homosexuality meet midway rather than the expected head-on collision. A wholly original perspective of a well-trodden subject.
Thoughtful, insightful and utterly engaging.
A fine little film - in every way.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Avril is a novice in a convent of "Baptistine" sisters, a monastic order which was officially dissolved by the end of the nineteenth century but that is kept alive by Mère Marie Joseph, the sadistic superior. The rule she imposes on the nuns is particularly strict but this is all Avril has ever known since she was born, for she was an abandoned child raised by the nuns with a view to making one of them. While Avril is on retreat, locked in for a fortnight in a chapel prior to taking her vows, Soeur Bernadette, a sympathetic sister, discloses a secret to her: she has a twin brother and she encourages her to go looking for him...
Cast & Characters
Sophie Quinton as Avril;
Miou-Miou as Soeur Bernadette, formerly Flora Romano;
Nicolas Duvauchelle as Pierre;
Clément Sibony as David;
Richaud Valls as Jim;
Geneviève Casile as Mère Marie-Joseph;
Monique Mélinand as Soeur Céleste;
Anna Mihalcea as Flora;
Claude Duty as Père Jean Diard;
Mathilde Mignot as Avril enfant;
Frédéric Quiring as Le père adoptif de David;
Marie Vinoy as La mère adoptive de David;
Milo Hustache-Mathieu as David enfant;
Gisèle Boiteux as Une Trappistine;
Denise Billot asUne Trappistine