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A Halo for Athuan

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A Halo for Athuan
Directed byAlan Burke
Written byAlan Burke
Based onradio play by Julie Ann Ford
Produced byAlan Burke
StarringGwen Plumb
Ron Haddrick
Fiona Stewart
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byABC
Release date
1986
Running time
75 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

A Halo for Athuan is a 1986 Australian TV film about two nuns in a rural monastery. It was one of the series of nine Australian telemovies that screened on Friday nights in 1986.[1]

Plot

Mother Paul climbs over the walls of the Athuan monastery and quickly takes over the administration of the monastery's foundering cherry liquor business. She has her sights set on being the next Abbot.

Reception

The Age called it "a real charmer".[2]

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p75
  2. ^ "Fun with a Nun". The Age. 16 October 1986. p. 38.