British film star Diana Rigg gives a moving performance as a sophisticated London businesswoman who, after suffering a personal family tragedy, leaves the world and becomes a Benedictine nun at Brede Abbey. this acclaimed film captures the beauty and essence of religious life in a monastery as we watch how a successful person of the world is transformed into a devoted cloistered sister who struggles with the coldness and suspicion of some sisters who doubt the sincerity of her transformation. She desires to become a missionary but learns through obedience that God's ways are superior in love to ours. Also stars Judi Bowker, Pamela Brown and Gwen Waterford. "A superb film that is visually beautiful, spiritually moving, tender and acted to near perfection." - New York Times