26 Oct 2018
The Convent
During the 17th century, a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.
Stealing Heaven
Forgive us father for we have loved.
Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels against the status of women in 12th century Europe. When others begin to suspect their relationship, Heloise's uncle Fulbert and the bishop of Paris work together to put a stop to it. Héloïse becomes pregnant with Abelard's child, and they are married in secret. Abelard struggles for acting against the will of God, yet is unable to escape his love for Heloise.
Top Billed Cast
Derek de Lint Abelard
Kim Thomson Heloise
Denholm Elliott Fulbert
Bernard Hepton Bishop
Rachel Kempson Prioress
Angela Pleasence Sister Cecilia
Kenneth Cranham Vice Chancellor Suger
Patsy Byrne Yvonne Bryceland Philip Locke 
Cassie Stuart 
Mark Jax 
Thomas Lockyer 
Victoria Burgoyne
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