A nun outcharted The Beatles, then vanished into tragedy. What happens when God signs a record deal?
1962. A crystalline voice becomes a planetary tube. A Belgian nun jostles Elvis and the Beatles on the world charts. Her name: Sister Smile. A popstar with the trajectory of a comet who understands her success no more than the double meaning of her words… The harder the fall will be. Even God does not protect sharks' appetites or pretenses of success! Who killed the little voice of God? Here is the tragic story of an innocent voice, of an extraordinary fate, almost of a curse ...
Editing
Jarring cuts between ecstatic fame and lonely death
Production
Incredible period footage of her Ed Sullivan appearance
Writing
Narration that lets her silence speak volumes
Director
Charles-Antoine de Rouvre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real name 'Jeanine Deckers' was buried so deep that her own mother called her 'Sister Smile' until death. The film unearths her actual birth certificate.
Her 1963 Grammy win for Best Gospel category—beating actual gospel legends—was protested by churches who hated her pop arrangement. The irony of sacred music gatekeeping killed her career before her sexuality did.
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