La Passion D'Augustine

Vibrant and compassionate music teacher Sister Augustine, mother superior of a rural Catholic convent in Quebec, has a calling: to offer top-quality musical education to young women, regardless of social or economic background. The fruits of Sister Augustine's efforts result in prize wins and medals for the girls from prestigious musical competitions. But harmony is broken with the arrival of musical prodigy Alice (who happens to be Augustine's niece), and by the sweeping secular reforms of Vatican II. With Quebec's "Quiet Revolution" afoot, in short order, the convent school's funding—and survival—is at stake along with the nuns' timeless way of life. (Mill Valley Film Festival)