Marguerite Paquin lives in a seniors’ home where 14 nuns from her religious congregation have succumbed to COVID-19. The film takes us from the grandeur of the landscapes of Côte-Nord, Quebec, where Marguerite has worked for 47 years, into the room where she sits confined today, finding a sort of liberation through prayer and unshakeable solidarity with her sisters who are suffering.
Marguerite Paquin lives in a seniors’ home where 14 nuns from her religious congregation have succumbed to COVID-19. The film takes us from the grandeur of the landscapes of Côte-Nord, Quebec, where Marguerite has worked for 47 years, into the room where she sits confined today, finding a sort of liberation through prayer and unshakeable solidarity with her sisters who are suffering.
Short documentary that’s part of The Curve, a series about life during the pandemic. Filmmaker Christine Chevarie-Lessard interviews Sister Marguerite Paquin, who lives in a seniors’ home where 18 nuns from her religious congregation have succumbed to COVID-19. Could be used as part of a research project about the life of a nun, or the particular challenges seniors’ homes face during the pandemic.
The Vigil, Christine Chevarie-Lessard, provided by the National Film Board of Canada