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Stealing Heaven (1988)
Directed by Clive Donner
“Forgive us father for we have loved.”
History, Romance, Drama · 1h 48m
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.
Cast
Derek de Lint
Kim Thomson
Denholm Elliott
Bernard Hepton
Rachel Kempson
Angela Pleasence
Kenneth Cranham
Patsy Byrne
Philip Locke
Cassie Stuart
Mark Jax
Crew
- Director
- Clive Donner
- Writer
- Chris Bryant
- Novel
- Marion Meade
Details
- Release date
- 1988-05-20
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- History, Romance, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
- Production
- Jadran film, FilmDallas Pictures, Amy International