The Little Hours
Obedientia. Paupertas.
Comedybased on novel or bookmiddle ages (476-1453)convent (nunnery)nunhood14th centuryanachronisticmedieval italylightheartedwhimsicalcomplicated
A whimsical, anachronistic comedy set in a medieval convent where three restless nuns navigate desire, purpose, and the absurdity of their cloistered lives.
Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister Alessandra, Sister Ginevra and Sister Fernanda, try unsuccessfully to find out what their purpose in life is, a conundrum that each of them faces in different ways.
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