Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.
Brenda Blethyn
Sister Ignatious
Emily Beecham
Joanna
Susannah York
The Prioress
Rita Tushingham
Sister Gertrude
Amanda Donohoe
Trish
Chloe Sirene
Vivie
David Bark-Jones
Vince
Nick Bartlett
Eddie
Scarlett Bruns
Nun
Susannah Harker
Sister Ambrose
Annette Kneath
Clive's Mum
Pauline McLynn
Sister Hilda
Corin Redgrave
The Bishop
Justin Salinger
Father Kieren
Joanna Scanlan
Sister Kevin
Eleanor Charlotte Stewart
Sister Ignatious's Granddaughter
Nicola Stewart
Sister Ignatious's Daughter
Tom Stuart
Clive
Harriet Thorpe
Consuela
Sean Wilton
Dave
