Sundays

What does a family do when its clever teenage daughter announces her plan to become a cloistered nun? Alauda Ruiz de Azúa's beautifully honed, Goya Best Film-winning drama treats Ainara's (newcomer Blanca Soroa) desire to choose God over the material world with respect and reservation. With disarming quietude, the film follows Ainara's life as a typical hormonal high school student whose radical act of faith gradually unmasks the frailties of family members, including widowed father Iñaki and stoically secular aunt Maite. An acutely observed and rigorously non-judgemental study in teenage rebellion of an unusual kind, Sundays offers a richly rewarding experience, whether faith plays a role in your life or not.