'LAMBS OF GOD'
GOTHIC SERIES WITH ESSIE DAVIS, ANN DOWDAND SAM REID
Rejoice, spylings, we have first photos from one of the most anticipated of this year's new epic shows! Period set Gothic thriller
LAMBS OF GOD should hit Australian
Foxtel sometime this year starring
Essie Davis, Ann ![]() |
| The series will premiere next month at Series Mania in Lille, France |
Dowd and
Sam Reid in a four part drama which centres around three eccentric, secluded nuns living on a remote island, forgotten by time and the Church – until a priest unwittingly happens upon them.
LAMBS OF GOD FOLLOWS the journey of three Catholic nuns, Sisters Iphigenia (
Essie Davis), Margarita (
Ann Dowd) and Carla (
Jessica Barden), who are the last
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| Our dearest Sam Reid plays the only man in the series |
remaining members of the enclosed order of St Agnes. They have forgotten the world outside until a young priest, Father Ignatius (
Sam Reid), pushes his way through the undergrowth in the hope of finding prime real estate. What
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| The series will air sometime this summer on Foxtel in Australia |
unfolds is a psychological and frightening game of survival; a thrilling ride in which the nuns become criminals and Father Ignatius is forced to confront his own personal weaknesses.
FERAL NUNS IN A MONASTERY
As you can see from the photos, the mini series, a small screen adaptation of a a
Marele Day novel, will be very atmospheric and highly stylized, a lush,
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| The series was shot in Sydney and Tasmania! |
evocative drama that is both ancient and incredibly modern, with its timeless message of resilience, and the power of story- telling as a redemptive force. Written by
Sarah Lambert, it was directed by
Jeffrey Walker.
