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Tv drama Falling 1st episode

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Visgir1 Wed 20-May-26 16:26:00

The Times gave it 5*....looks like the critic liked it. I was going to give it a go... Not sure now?

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westendgirl Wed 20-May-26 16:18:23

I found it unbelievable. and agree with you , Allira. that she had been a nun a long time and wouldn't just walk out out. Surely she would fight her demons.I was also a little confused when she said hers was an enclosed order and yet there was easy entrance.Might give it one more chance.

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Allira Wed 20-May-26 15:05:36

The series is loosely based on the story of this couple; she was a Carmelite nun and he was a Carmelite friar.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64125531

The couple looked incredibly happy on their wedding day. I'm sure they must both have had struggles adjusting but hope they are still as happy today.

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Allira Wed 20-May-26 14:52:14

Why can a nun not be beautiful? 🤔

I just thought that perhaps Keeley Hawes was too old and had been a nun for far too long to fall in love with a younger, handsome Catholic priest.

It is Niamh Cusack, not her older sister, playing the part of the Abbess. I'm sure I could move around more easily when I was her age 😀

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BrandyGran Wed 20-May-26 14:44:06

I watched about half of the first episode. I had hoped it would be good but a few things made me turn off:
Keely Hawes much too beautiful to be believable as a nun. Sinead Cussack had a youngish way of moving for someone of her age. There was a worldliness about them that didn’t fit well with their characters in my humble opinion. Lastly I couldn’t make out always what they were saying.

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