is set in Mopu, Himalayas, in 1934 at a remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’, the location holds many dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission there, its haunting mysteries awaken forbidden desires that seem destined to repeat a terrible tragedy. During the latter years of British rule in India, ambitious young nun Sister
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Gemma Arterton takes the female lead role in the series
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Clodagh
(Gemma Arterton) heads a mission to a remote part of the Himalayas. The palace of Mopu has been donated by General Toda Rai, who hopes the Sisters of St. Faith will rid the ‘House of Women’ of unhappy
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Aisling Franciosi also stars in the new series
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memories connected tohis late sister, Srimati. Although Clodagh ignores the warnings of the General’s raffish agent Mr. Dean (
Alessandro Nivola), isolation and illness soon take their toll, with the haunting atmosphere of the
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Before starting in UK next month,the series will stream on Hulu
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palace particularly affecting volatile Sister Ruth (
Aisling Franciosi). As past and present collide, the arrival of the young General Dilip Rai (
Chaneil Kular) is the catalyst for an explosion of repressed desires that may end in a fatal confrontation. Late
Diana Rigg also stars alongside
Jim Broadbent.