In the 16th century, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman joins a convent and becomes a spiritual leader.
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Paz Vega
Teresa
Leonor Watling
Doña Guiomar de Ulloa
Geraldine Chaplin
Priora
José Luis Gómez
Fray Pedro de Alcántara
Eusebio Poncela
Fray Gaspar Daza
Amparo Valle
Mari Briceño
Manuel Morón
Provincial
Francesc Garrido
Salcedo
Amparo Marín
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