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The Awakening (1956)

The Awakening (1956)

Drama
Release Date: 1956, October 17
Directors: Mario Camerini
Countries: Italy
Production: Rizzoli Film, Produzione Pallavicini, Produzione Pallavicini
Cast: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Anna Magnani, Luísa Rossi, Bianca Doria, Paolo Ferrara, Antonio Cifariello, Lina Tartara Minora, Leonilde Montesi, Piero Boccia

Overview:

Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels Don't Fly and The Awakening. In her first film appearance since The Rose Tattoo, Anna Magnani plays a feisty nun named Sister Letizia. Believing herself above such earthly trivialities as a maternal instinct, Sr. Letizia changes her way of thinking when an abandoned child is placed in her care. Unofficially adopting the boy, the good sister eventually comes to realize that even she cannot provide the care and guidance of a biological mother. Carefully constructed to accommodate all the surefire box-office elements inherent in Camerini's earlier films, Suor Letizia was almost guaranteed to be a hit.

Keywords:

nun convent school