Postulant

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–noun 

1. a candidate, 

esp. 

for admission into a religious order. 



2. a person who asks or applies for something. 





　

Audrey Hepburn stars in The Nun's Story as Sister Luke, postulant of a Belgian order of nuns. Though frequently disillusioned in her efforts to [spread] good will — at one point she is nearly killed by a mental patient (Colleen Dewhurst) — Sister Luke perseveres. 



Sent as a nurse to the Belgian Congo, an assignment she'd been hoping for, Sister Luke is disappointed to learn that she will not be ministering to the natives but to European patients. Through the example of no-nonsense chief surgeon Peter Finch, the nun sheds her idealism and becomes a diligent worker — so much so that she [contracts] tuberculosis. 



Upon the outbreak of World War II, Sister Luke tries to honor the edicts of her order and not take sides, but this becomes impossible when her father (Dean Jagger) is killed by the Nazis. Realizing that she cannot remain true to her vows, Sister Luke leaves the order and returns to "civilian" life. 



The Nun's Story ends with a long, silent sequence in which Sister Luke divests herself [of] her religious [robes], dons street garb, and walks out to an uncertain future. There is no background music: director Fred Zinnemann decided that "triumphant" music would indicate that Sister Luke's decision was the right one, while "tragic" music would suggest that she is doing wrong. 



Rather than make an [editorial] comment, the director decided against music, allowing the audience members to fill in the blanks themselves. The Nun's Story is based on the autobiographical book by Kathryn Hulme, whose [depiction] of convent life was a lot harsher and more judgmental than anything seen in the film.



divest

剝除,使脫去,剝奪

迫使放棄

賣完





inductee

a sequence where [inductees] in Jockey shorts carry the Statue of Liberty through a Vietnam field

induct

The [committee] inducted her as [president].  

They inducted him [into] the mystic rites of the order.

Convulsion



Eucharist

orgy 

tonsure Benediction animism

liturgical

Liturgical music is heard as Nikolai kneels in his underwear

heresy

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys [waxes] nostalgic for the far more innocent church scandal of teenage [heresy].

canopy 

niche 

cabalism

Tabernacle

Dissipate