''A Halo for Athuan'' is a 1986 Australian TV film about two

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. It was one of the series of nine Australian telemovies that screened on Friday nights in 1986.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p75

Plot

Mother Paul climbs over the walls of the Athuan monastery and quickly takes over the administration of the monastery's foundering cherry liquor business. She has her sights set on being the next

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Reception

The ''Age'' called it "a real charmer".

References

External links

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