Glenda Jackson stars as a nun who'll do anything to become an abbess in this biting parody of the Watergate scandal. When the old Abbess of Crew dies, she passes on without officially naming her protégée, Sister Alexandra, as her successor. So now Alexandra has to compete with Sister Felicity... [More]

Glenda Jackson stars as a nun who'll do anything to become an abbess in this biting parody of the Watergate scandal. When the old Abbess of Crew dies, she passes on without officially naming her protégée, Sister Alexandra, as her successor. So now Alexandra has to compete with Sister Felicity in an election for the position. Sister Felicity, however, is carrying on with a Jesuit priest, and Alexandra plans to use that as her trump card. All goes well for Alexandra until two bumbling priests muck up the theft of Felicity's love letters. Now the entire world could find out what goes on behind the Abbey's sacred walls. [Less]