The Awakening

Oct 17, 1956

1h 27m

★ 6.2

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.

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Drama

Production Companies

Rizzoli Film

Produzione Pallavicini

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Cast

suor Letizia

Anna Magnani

Assunta

Eleonora Rossi Drago

Peppino

Antonio Cifariello

Salvatore

Piero Boccia

suor Vincenza

Leonilde Montesi

suor Agnese

Lina Tartara Minora

Emma Baron

Bruna Cealti

Concetta

Bianca Doria

Maria Mannelli

Myriam Pisani

suor Giuditta

Luisa Rossi

During an uprising in the Belgian Congo, a convent of nuns are besieged and the Reverend Mother is killed and Sister Maria is raped. Returning to Belgium, Sister Maria finds out to her horror that she is pregnant. Rejected by her family and her sister, she is told by the Vatican that she is supposed to either give the baby to the church and still be a nun or keep the baby and leave the order. This film follows her decision.

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7.0

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5.8

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7.3

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5.1

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6.5

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7.3

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7.2

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10.0

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5.3

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4.8

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7.1

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No overview available.

5.0

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7.7

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6.5

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7.4

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6.6

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4.2

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