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Stealing Heaven

6.2 108 mins History   Romance   Drama   1988
Jadran Film   FilmDallas Pictures   Amy International  
Director(s): Clive Donner

Release Date: 20 Fri, May 1988

Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels against the status of women in 12th century Europe. When others begin to suspect their relationship, Heloise's uncle Fulbert and the bishop of Paris work together to put a stop to it. Héloïse becomes pregnant with Abelard's child, and they are married in secret. Abelard struggles for acting against the will of God, yet is unable to escape his love for Heloise.

Casts of Stealing Heaven

Derek de Lint

as Abelard

Kim Thomson

as Heloise

Denholm Elliott

as Fulbert

Bernard Hepton

as Bishop

Rachel Kempson

as Prioress

Angela Pleasence

as Sister Cecilia

Kenneth Cranham

as Vice Chancellor Suger

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