Lambs of God
Lambs of God is a 2019 Australian television miniseries about three nuns living on a remote island whose isolated lives are disrupted by a priest.
Ann Dowd: Ann Dowd is an American actor known for roles in film and television. She plays Sister Iphigenia, the eldest nun at the center of the island community.
Gothic fiction: Gothic fiction uses threat, confinement, mystery, and unsettling settings to create suspense or dread. The remote island, decaying convent, and buried secrets draw on Gothic conventions.
Lambs of God (novel): Lambs of God is a 1997 novel by Australian writer Marele Day. The television miniseries adapts Day’s novel of the same name.
The Thorn Birds: The Thorn Birds is a 1977 Australian novel and later television adaptation about a family and a Catholic priest. Both pair Australian settings with Catholic life, but Lambs of God confines its story to an island convent.
Television adaptation: A television adaptation reshapes an existing work for the medium of television. The miniseries transforms a novel’s narrative into a three-part screen story.
Essie Davis: Essie Davis is an Australian actor whose work includes film, television, and theatre. She plays Sister Margarita, one of the three nuns whose lives the priest disrupts.
Religious drama: Religious drama centers on faith, religious institutions, or conflicts involving spiritual belief. The story turns on the nuns’ faith and the priest’s challenge to their secluded life.
Marele Day: Marele Day is an Australian novelist whose works include the 1997 novel Lambs of God. Her novel supplied the miniseries’ characters and central premise.
The Name of the Rose: The Name of the Rose is a 1980 historical mystery novel by Umberto Eco, adapted for screen. Both use secluded religious communities and mysteries, but Lambs of God centers on nuns in contemporary Australia.
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards: The AACTA Awards recognize achievements in Australian film, television, and screen production. The miniseries received recognition in Australia’s screen-award system.