Cécile De France stars as the young Belgian girl Jeannine Deckers, who sought refuge in a Dominican convent in 1959 and later became an international singing sensation., Music aficionados in the U.S. might remember Jeannine Deckers by her stage name, The Singing Nun — performer of the one-hit-wonder “Dominique,” which topped the U.S. pop charts for ten weeks in 1963, displaced the Kingsmen’s seminal “Louie, Louie,” and inspired the Debbie Reynolds musical The Singing Nun as a fictionalized version of Deckers’ life. Behind the gloss, however, Deckers led one of the most unusual lives of any late 20th century European celebrity. With Soeur Sourire, director Stijn Coninx tells the performer’s strange story. The tale opens in 1959, when young Belgian girl Jeannine (Cecile de France) flees her parents’ strictly conservative home, and moves into a Dominican convent. While there, she chafes beneath the restrictions thrust onto her — such as the inability to sing and play her guitar — but begins quietly authoring songs. She impulsively books time in the Phillips studio to record one of the tunes, planning to donate to charity the monies earned from the song, but Phillips executives overhear it and grow so enthusiastic that they offer Deckers a recording contract under the stage name “Soeur Sourire” (or “Sister Smile,”) and turn her into an international sensation. Then, at the pinnacle of her success, not long after The Ed Sullivan Show travels to Belgium to film her, she struggles with an attempted reconciliation between her religious faith and beckoning pop stardom. Deckers ultimately shocks everyone by shucking Catholicism, pursuing a full-time career as a recording star, recording radically left-wing protest songs, and taking up with a lesbian partner, Annie (Sandrine Blancke). The two fall deeply in love and open a school together for autistic children, but Jeannine’s world falls apart when the Belgian government comes calling and informs her that she owes a fortune in back taxes for “Dominique” profits that she originally donated to charity. This actually marked the second of two major features within a ten-year period to cover Deckers’ life — the first, 2001’s Suor Sorriso, utilized an experimental, non-linear approach and received mostly scathing reviews., Cécile De France stars as the young Belgian girl Jeannine Deckers, who sought refuge in a Dominican convent in 1959 and later became an international singing sensation. Directed by Stijn Coninx.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Soeur Sourire ” ?
A: The main cast includes Christelle Cornil,Chris Lomme,Sandrine Blancke,Jan Decleir,Marie Kremer,Tsila Chelton,Cécile de France,Filip Peeters,Johan Leysen,Jo Deseure,Pierre Grunstein,Chris Van der Stappen,Florence Scholtes,Henri Morelle,Philippe Baudhuin,Phillippe Ravoet,Cyrille Bragnier,Ariane Fert,Yves Vandermeeren,Arnaud De Moléron,Christophe Pidre,Brigitte Germain.
Q: When Did the “Soeur Sourire” Released?
A: The Movie “Soeur Sourire” originally aired on 2009-05-06 and released in the year of 2009.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Soeur Sourire” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Soeur Sourire” ?
A: “Soeur Sourire” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
