Agnes of God

Agnes of God

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1985-09-13
Duration:98 min
Director:Norman Jewison
Actors:Jane Fonda, Meg Tilly, Anne Bancroft, Anne Pitoniak, Winston Rekert
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.

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