A Nun In The City | Dome Cinema
Fri, 18 Sept
|Dome Cinema and Bar
Devoted to her austere convent for twenty years, Sister Lucie joins her fellow nuns on their annual group outing to visit the doctor.
Time & Location
18 Sept 2026, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Dome Cinema and Bar, 38 Childers Road, Gisborne 4010, New Zealand
About the event
Overwhelmed by the outside world, she accidentally becomes separated from the group. Panicked, Lucie jumps onto the first bus she sees, hoping to find her way back, and ends up at a police station.
There, she is confronted with shocking news. On a television screen, she recognises the face of her teenage sweetheart, whom she has not seen since entering religious life. He has been accused of murder. The revelation reopens a past she believed long buried. Certain of his innocence, Lucie makes an impulsive decision: she cannot return to the convent without trying to help him.
Back at the convent, Lucie’s disappearance causes alarm. The formidable Mother Superior, Mother Henriette (Isabelle Nanty, Fahim, the Little Chess Prince, AF FFF21), sends two nuns, Sister Constance (Barbara Bolotner) and Sister Marthe (Néva Kéhouane), to find her and bring her back...
What follows is a hilarious chase through town, where Lucie, naive…