John Patrick Shanley brings his Pulitzer
Prize and Tony Award® winning play to the screen as a
gripping story about the quest for truth, the forces of
change, and the devastating
consequences of blind justice in an age defined by moral
conviction.
It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant,
charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Academy Award® winner
Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools’
strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by
Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep),
the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear
and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping
through the community, and indeed, the school has just
accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when
Sister James (Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams), a hopeful
innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guiltinducing
suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal
attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal
crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the
school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral
certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a
battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear
apart the community with irrevocable consequence.
Academy Award® winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley
(“Moonstruck”) adapted his own play for the screen and
directs DOUBT, starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis. The film is produced by
Scott Rudin and Mark Roybal, with Celia Costas as executive
producer.
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