A sort of mutiple 'who dunnit?'.

A nun gives birth to a child claiming it was a virgin birth, but the baby is found dead. Did she murder the baby, or did someone else? Who made her pregrant? Rather than a police investigation though, we see it all from the court appointed psychiatrist's view point as she investigates to unravel the mystery. But then what is the role of the the eldery nun that gave a message to Agnes as she died? What were the stigmata all about? There are some plot twists as you go along some of which you can see coming, some not. I am not sure about the ending though, just as it all should have been sorted out, I was left not quite knowing what the truth was.

Jane Fonda chain smoking was a bit of a distraction to me (did the tobacco companies fund this film?). Anne Bancroft, as always, gave a good performance. A piece of trivia; watch out for the scene in the bell tower which is reminiscent of Hitcock's Vertigo, not that this is relevant to the film.

I wasn't sure whather to give this 3 or 4 stars.

JG