A Halo for Athuan

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A Halo for Athuan
Based on radio play by Julie Ann Ford
Written byAlan Burke
Directed by Alan Burke
Starring Gwen Plumb
Ron Haddrick
Denise Roberts
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerAlan Burke
Running time75 mins
Production company ABC
Original release
Network ABC
Release1986 (1986)

A Halo for Athuan is a 1986 Australian made-for-television comedy film about two nuns in a rural monastery. It was one of the series of nine Australian telemovies that screened on Friday nights in 1986. [1]

Contents

Cast

Source: [2]

Plot

Two nuns scale the walls of the Athuan monastery, after proving that the original charter of the place does not prevent the inclusion of women. Mother Paul quickly takes over the administration of the monastery's foundering cherry liqueur business. She has her sights set on becoming the next Abbott. [2] [3]

Reception

Melbourne newspaper The Age called the film "a real charmer". [4]

References

  1. ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p75
  2. 1 2 "A Halo for Athuan – Full Cast & Crew". www.tvguide.com. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "A Halo for Athuan 1985". Screen Australia . Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Fun with a Nun". The Age . 16 October 1986. p. 38.


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