---
title: 'For the Love of God (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Micheline Lanctôt'
released: '2011-08-24'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/for-the-love-of-god-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2035601/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# For the Love of God (2011)

2011 · 92 min · Drama · Canada


## Synopsis

For the Love of God is a Canadian drama film, directed by Micheline Lanctôt and released in 2011. Based in part on a personal experience from Lanctôt's own childhood, the film centres on the sexual awakening of Léonie, a young girl attending convent school in 1959 who falls in love with Father Malachy, the new school priest, and becomes jealous when she realizes that her teacher, Sister Cécile, is also in love with him. The film also explores the effect of the experience on the three into the present day, with Lanctôt herself playing the role of the adult Léonie, Geneviève Bujold as the senior Sister Cécile and Nelson Villagra as the senior Fr. Malachy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Micheline Lanctôt](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheline-lanctot)
- **Screenplay:** [Micheline Lanctôt](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheline-lanctot)
- **Producer:** [Andre Gagnon](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-gagnon-2), [Monique Huberdeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-huberdeau)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michel La Veaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-la-veaux)
- **Editor:** [Aube Foglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/aube-foglia)

## Cast

- [Ariane Legault](https://cinepixo.com/people/ariane-legault)
- [Geneviève Bujold](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-bujold)
- [Lynda Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynda-johnson)
- [Émile Proulx-Cloutier](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-proulx-cloutier)
- [Lawrence Arcouette](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-arcouette)
- [Madeleine Péloquin](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-peloquin) as Soeur Cécile
- [Fabien Dupuis](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabien-dupuis)
- [Micheline Lanctôt](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheline-lanctot)
- [Suzanne Garceau](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzanne-garceau)
- [Marc Paquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-paquet) as Gérard
- [Nelson Villagra](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelson-villagra)
- [Jean-Moïse Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-moise-martin)
- [Jean Pierre Lefebvre](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-lefebvre)
- [Jean Marc Dalpé](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marc-dalpe)
- [Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-andres-trelles-turgeon) as père Malachy

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/for-the-love-of-god-2011
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