Avril - April in Love (2006) - Les poils du pinceau

Avril - April in Love (2006) Country: France Release Year: 2006 Aka: Les poils du pinceau Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu Writer: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu Language: French Genre: Drama Runtime: 91 min Cast: Sophie Quinton, Miou-Miou Clément Sibony, Nicolas Duvauchelle Richard Valls, Geneviève Casile Studio: Dharamsala, Peccadillo Pictures Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399497/ Available on:

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...