When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.

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Jane FondaDr. Martha Louise Livingston

Meg TillySister Agnes

Anne BancroftMother Miriam Ruth

Anne PitoniakDr. Livingston's Mother

Winston RekertDet. Larry Langevin

Gratien GélinasFather Martineau

Guy HoffmannJustice Joseph Leveau

Gabriel ArcandMonsignor