Cinema: Kid Sister

The Singing Nun. Soeur Sourire-Sister Smile-was what she called her self, that serene Belgian nun who two years ago sang the affectedly unaffected song, Dominique, that made her an Ed Sullivan celebrity and brought windfall wealth to her Dominican community.

But every silver lining has its cloud, and Sister Smile's is The Singing Nun, a chromo-colored, semifictional biography starring Debbie Reynolds in the title role.

Debbie, singing in her own small, true voice, plays your typical modern nun-mascaraed lashes, tweezed eyebrows and lipsticked smile facing the wind as she steers her motor scooter around the Belgian countryside. To give Sister Smile's simple story...

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