Body & Soul (1993)
A nun leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted to one of the men who work at the mill, and thus begins to feel conflict about her religious vows.
Body & Soul: Season 1 - 6 Episode s
1x1 - Part I
April 8, 1993
Sister Gabriel (Anna), a nun in a Silent Order, is informed of the tragic death of her brother and has to leave the convent for the first time in 16 years. During that time she has to come to regard her tiny cell as a prison, and at 34 is becoming acutely aware of her own desire to have a child. This family tragedy is about to change her life forever.
1x2 - Part II
April 15, 1993
Anna, is caught between two different worlds. We witness her struggle to come to terms with an alien world, as she tries to remember what her father taught her. She is confronted by pain and sadness from her sister-in-law, and sexual hostility from the man who manages the family mill.
1x3 - Part III
April 22, 1993
Anna, is torn between her life in the convent and trying to save her brother's failing business. She also has to face her own physical and emotional desires in her relationship with Hal, the foreman at the family mill.
1x4 - Part IV
April 29, 1993
The outside world becomes more alarming as Anna, has to deal with the banks in her desperate efforts to save the mill. She discovers that men are beginning to perceive her more as a woman than a nun.
1x5 - Part V
May 6, 1993
Anna, is driven back to the convent by a frightening sexual encounter, only to realize that she no longer belongs there. She asks for a release from her vows to undertake the responsibility of the family business.
1x6 - Part VI
May 13, 1993
Anna, with everyone's help, manages to secure the future of the family mill in spite of efforts to sabotage her work. Anna returns to the convent to sign the papers which will release her and walks out of the convent gates for the last time to face her future.
Body & Soul: 1 Season
Actors in Body & Soul
Kristin Scott Thomas
Sister Gabriel / Anna
Sandra Voe
Peggy
Tracy Keating
Sister Dominic
Eileen Davies
Sister Julian
Dorothy Tutin
Mother Emmanuel
Caroline O'Neill
Leila
Anthony Valentine
Stan Beattie
Amanda Redman
Lynn
Gary Mavers
Hal
Elizabeth Bennett
Sister Vincent
Helena McCarthy
Sister Aelred
Pamela Duncan
Sister Peter
Maggie Lane
Rene
Madeleine Christie
Sister Godric
Mary Wray
Sylvie
Olive Pendleton
Sister Thomas-A-Kempis
Rebecca Harries
Sister Rosalie
Vicky Devon
Linda
Joanna Swain
Doris
Joshua Smith
Jamie Gibson
Olga Grahame
Dawn
John Bowe
Daniel Stern
Patrick Allen
Walter Street
Kulvinder Ghir
Terry Singh
Bobby Knutt
Charlie Faulkner
Noriko Aida
Miss Hara
Renny Krupinski
Priest
Graham Rigby
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