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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%. Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 84% of the 1,129 2020s family movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 39m. Streaming on Disney+.
Synopsis
During WWII, in the days leading up to Christmas, a woman arrives at an Italian Catholic boarding school for orphaned girls with a large cake and a plea for them to pray for her boyfriend, who is having an affair.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
129 audience votes
Key crew
- Alice RohrwacherDirector
- Alice RohrwacherWriter
Cast
- Alba RohrwacherMother Superior Fioralba
- Greta Zuccheri MontanariSister Paoletta
- Carmen PommellaSister Caterina
- Lady MaruSister Carmela
- Valeria Bruni TedeschiRosa in love
- Melissa FalasconiSerafina
- Febe SapiaTeresa
- Francesca UccelliFernanda
- Mila BuganèFlora
- Maria Renata CorelliRenata
- Olivia AscariOlga
- Alma PalmasGiulietta
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Themes
boarding schoolplayfulshort filmirreverentjoyouschristmastime