Changing Habits(1997)
It will lift your spirts
An aspiring artist runs from men as a result of an early life problem that has left her relationship with her father strained. She decides to move into a convent where troubled women receive cheap lodging in exchange for work. She finds a dirty area in the basement where she paints a mural that deals with all of her psychological problems. While some find it gaudy, others such as the mother superior realizes its potential to save the convent which is to be closed. During all this the artist starts a relationship with a man who owns an art supply shop where she shop-lifts her supplies. Written by John Sacksteder
Movie: Changing Habits
Top 10 Billed Cast
Susan 'Soosh' Teague
Boutique Owner
Connie
Mother Superior
Sister Agatha
Felix Shepherd
Art Store Customer
Erin
Midge
Sister Humiliata
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An aspiring artist runs from men as a result of an early life problem that has left her relationship with her father strained. She decides to move into a convent where troubled women receive cheap lodging in exchange for work. She finds a dirty area in the basement where she paints a mural that deals with all of her psychological problems. While some find it gaudy, others such as the mother superior realizes its potential to save the convent which is to be closed. During all this the artist starts a relationship with a man who owns an art supply shop where she shop-lifts her supplies. Written by John Sacksteder
Release Date
1997-05-20
Average
1.25
Rating:
0.6 startsTagline
It will lift your spirts
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