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Cabrini: We can serve our weakness or we can serve our purpose
Narrative
After experiencing disease and poverty in the slums of New York, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini embarks on a daring journey to convince the hostile mayor to provide housing and health care for hundreds of orphaned children. The film was screened by Mother Cabrini’s order of nuns, some of whom were in their nineties. By the end of the film, many of them were reported to be crying, with several exclaiming, “THOSE Cabrini!”. Archbishop Corrigan was not the son of poor working-class Irish immigrants in New York. Corrigan was born in New Jersey to well-to-do Irish immigrant parents who owned a grocery and beverage retail business in Newark.
Dare To Be Performed by Andrea Bocelli and Virginia Bocelli
Not both.. Featured in Glenn Beck’s program: Is 'Cabrini' BEST Christian movie since 'The Passion of the Christ?' (2024). Although I shy away from religious films that have a sacred message, I’ve become an Angel Studios cheerleader thanks to the two films I’ve seen, the box office smash Freedom Sound and now the beautiful and engaging biopic Cabrini. They have a wealth of productions characterized not only by realistic and lush cinematography (shout out to Cabrini’s lensman Gorka Gomes Andreu), but also by credible characters like the human trafficking dogs in the first and canonized mother Cabrini (Cristiana Dell'Anna). ) last.
Both films share the same director, Alejandro Monteverde
The realism and kindness of the characters help make both films memorable as they draw us directly into the action (1899 Cabrini, New York) and only subtly bless the characters. Top-notch filming features include Cabrini: Gene Back’s original score that reflects spirituality while elevating humanity, Alicia Silverstein’s distinctive period costumes, and Carlos-Lagunas’ equally impressive production design. Above them all is a lean and effective story by Monteverde and Rod Barr, aided immensely by Brian Scofield’s creative editing. As always, the acting counts: Della Ann’s award-worthy interpretation of the diminutive aside. "entrepreneur," David Morse’s archbishop is powerful and tough, and John Lithgow’s unruly mayor has a roar to match.
But that’s what this film does in portraying the uncomfortable world of the early 20th century
Chief among them is the impressive Giancarlo Giannini as Pope Leo XIII, who gives the slums of New York to Cabrini as the future patron saint of immigrants. Mother Cabrini, despite her poor health and the fact that she is a woman in a paternalistic society, is the perfect example of Feminist Gloria Steinem one could imagine: kind and ambitious, tough and wise, in love with children who need her love. It would be almost impossible not to shed a tear watching her build an orphanage and then a hospital in the spirit of her selfless mission to help the disadvantaged. poverty while encouraging us to applaud the heroism of Cabrini and her soldiers, including the Mary Magdalene-type prostitute Vittoria (Romana Maggiora Vergano). The comparison to Christ’s journey is never emphasized, the better to recognize the everyday heroism of our fellow man.
it mentally moves into the worlds of authentic characters
I am once again amazed by the ability of director Monteverde and Angel Studios to create a biopic that smells like reality. Cabrini, like the current Oppenheimer, is a real, albeit “inspired by,” biopic with heart and substance.
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