Sister soeur sourire biography
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Biography
1933 - 1985
“We have reached the end, spiritually and financially and now we go to God.”
- Jeanne Deckers and Annie Pescher suicide note
In 1963, Dominican nun Sister Luc-Gabrielle recorded an LP at Philips Record Company in Brussels. One song from the album, ‘Dominique’, went #1 worldwide - selling over 1.5 million copies. Under the name Soeur Sourire (Sister Smile) she appeared on the legendary “Ed Sullivan Show” – a performance that made her an international superstar. In 1964 she won a Grammy for Best Gospel Recording and in 1965 MGM produced a highly fictionalized movie of her life – ‘The Singing Nun’ – starring Debbie Reynolds. Her follow-up LP ‘Her Joys, Her Songs’ was not a success, however. Having grown increasingly critical of Catholic doctrines – particularly the Church’s stand on artificial contraception – Jeanne left the order in 1967. Under the name “Luc Dominique” – since Philips owned the rights to the name ‘Soeur Sourire’ – she recorded the album ‘I Am Not a Star in Heaven’ – but it also proved a commercial failure. Realizing her music career was over, Deckers, along with her companion of ten years, Annie Pescher, opened a school for autistic children. In the early 1980s the Belgian
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Program: Sister Smile, The Singing Nun
Movie extract, Soeur Sourire
That was an excerpt from the 2009 film Soeur Sourire about the life of Jeannine Deckers, the original singing nun, and later in the show we'll catch up with the film's director Stijn Coninx to hear about the young nun who was more than just a novelty act. Today we can see her as a forerunner to the social and religious changess about to sweep the world in the 1960s.
But first a singing nun from an earlier age, the 12th century abbess and composer Hildegard of Bingen. A hymn text written by Hildegard, set to music by Michael McGlynn and sung here by the Irish chamber choir Anuna, O ignis spiritus.
O ignis spiritus
Commissioned by the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Hildegard of Bingen's hymn 'O ignis spiritus', fiery spirit, a setting by Michael McGlynn with Kenneth Edge on saxophone, sung by the Irish choir Anuna. From a recent album, Sensation. Doing what they do best weaving sacred and secular themes together in their music.
Which is exactly what happened in the early 1960s with the Belgian Dominican nun, Sister Luc-Gabrielle, better known to the world as Soeur Sourire or Sister Smile. Born Jeannine Deckers, she was in her early 30s in 1963 when she released a folk
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Sister Smile (film)
2009 French film
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| Directed by | Stijn Coninx |
| Written by | Stijn Coninx Ariane Fert Chris Vander Stappen |
| Produced by | Eric Heumann Marc Sillam |
| Starring | Cécile de France Sandrine Blancke Jan Decleir Tsilla Chelton |
| Cinematography | Yves Vandermeeren |
| Edited by | Philippe Ravoet |
| Music by | Bruno Fontaine |
| Distributed by | KFD (Belgium) Océan Film (France) |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Countries | France Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $7.3 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.9 million |
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Plot
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