Juste ciel!: French comedy in which a group of nuns participate in a local bicycle race to fund their volunteer project.
Plot and background
Five nuns from a small Benedictine monastery in the deepest province of France have made it their holy mission to renovate a run-down old people’s home. But the town hall won’t lend any money and the only possibility of financing seems to lie in the prize money of the local bicycle race. The catch: none of the pious ladies is firmly in the saddle. But with hard training and strict discipline, victory seems closer and closer. However, when a second team of nuns appears, led by a hostile nun, the pressure of competition increases more and more, causing the nuns to resort to less than Christian means in their fight for victory.
“The Nuns’ Race” – background, cast, theatrical release
The successful director Laurent Tirard has already made a name for himself as a French comedy expert with titles such as “Little Nick”, “Little Nick Goes on Holiday” and “Asterix and Obelix – on a Mission from Her Majesty”. With “The Nuns’ Race”, Tirard now brings a humorous cinematic experience about cycling, faith and great ambition to the screen. The acting ensemble is led by Valérie Bonneton (“The Summer with Pauline”) as Mother Superior and Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Borgen/Dangerous Ropes”).
The French feel-good comedy “The Nuns’ Race” opens in cinemas here on 28.09.2023.
