Anchoress

Anchoress (1993)

Not Rated 01 May 1995 • Drama • 1h 48m
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In fourteenth-century England, peasant girl Christine Carpenter is so attracted to a statue of the Virgin Mary that the local priest (who lusts after her) suggests she be walled up in the church as an anchoress, a holy woman with responsibility for blessing the villagers. But when the priest has Christine's mother tried as a witch, she digs herself out of her cell, a crime for which the punishment is death...

Chris Newby
Director
Judith Stanley-Smith, Christine Watkins
Writer
Natalie Morse, Gene Bervoets, Toyah Willcox
Starring

Language: English, Latin
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
Country: Belgium, United Kingdom
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6.5

IMDb (440 votes)
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