The Awakening

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.

Country:

Italy

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

87 minutes

Year:

1956

Director:

Mario Camerini

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Company:

Rizzoli Film,

Produzione Pallavicini

Cast:

suor Letizia

Assunta

Peppino

Salvatore

suor Vincenza

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Director

Story

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