Genres

History , Documentary

Duration

77 min

Director

Jean-Daniel Lafond

Rating

Rating not available

Release Date

January 1, 2008

Madwoman of God

Original title: Folle de Dieu

Synopsis

This feature-length film tells the story of the passion between Marie de l’Incarnation, a mid-seventeenth-century nun and God, her "divine spouse." Fusing documentary and acting by Marie Tifo, whom we follow as she rehearses for this demanding role, the film paints an astonishing portrait of this mystic who abandoned her son and left France to build a convent in Canada, where she became the first female writer in New France.