Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit for the third film to happen, adding in July that she would like to direct it and had confidence it would be made. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit is a 1993 American musical comedy film loosely based on the life of Crenshaw High School choir instructor Iris Stevenson, and starring Whoopi Goldberg. Directed by Bill Duke, and released by Touchstone Pictures, it is the sequel to the successful 1992 film "Sister Act". Most of the original cast reprise their roles in the sequel, including Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, and
Images in a Convent a Convent"; English title: "Behind Convent Walls"), which claimed to be influenced by Stendhal's "Promenades romaines" just as "Immagini di un convento" claims to be inspired by "La Religieuse" by Denis Diderot. However, the only parallels between the film and Diderot's novel are the general immorality of the clergy, the arrival of an aristocratic novice without vocation at a convent, and the wounded officer. The film was released in Italy on August 7, 1979, and was screened in 4 cities (including Turin and Milan) with a total of 14.307 spectators in the first year. In France, the film was released