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Cabrini<\/strong> (2024)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Angel\/Drama\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 145 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG-13 (thematic material, some violence and language including racial slurs)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Alejandro Monteverde\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Rod Barr\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Gene Back\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Gorka Gomez Andreu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: March 8, 2024 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Cristiana Dell\u2018Anna, David Morse, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Federico Ielapi, Liam Campora, Virginia Bocelli, Montserrat Espadale, Rolando Villazon, Patch Darragh, Jeremy Bobb, Giampiero Judica, Giacomo Rocchini, Federico Castelluccio, Andrew Polk, Giancarlo Giannini, John Lithgow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rating<\/strong>: *** \u00bd<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Even though it\u2019s from the same director (Alejandro Monteverde) and the same studio (Angel Studios) as last year\u2019s surprise hit Sound of Freedom, I don\u2019t think Cabrini<\/strong> will face the same amount of controversy if any. It doesn\u2019t seem to push any sort of agenda other than the idea of giving poor immigrants a helping hand. A biopic of Catholic missionary and charity founder Mother Frances Cabrini, played by Italian actress Cristiana Dell\u2019Anna (The Hand of God), it\u2019s a beautiful if somewhat overlong testament to human kindness and staying strong in the face of adversity of which there was no shortage in late 19th<\/sup> century New York City.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Mother Cabrini just wants to do good with what little time she has left. She suffers from a terrible lung disease and isn\u2019t expected to live longer than five years (if that). She\u2019s been after the Vatican to allow her to go to China to start her own order. She\u2019s been turned down 12 times, the last time in person. She appeals the decision to Pope Leo XIII (Giannini, The Seduction of Mimi) who allows her to proceed with her mission…. in New York. There\u2019s plenty of the Lord\u2019s work that needs to be done there.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0In 1889, New York was a land of opportunity for all except Italian immigrants. They were the most despised ethnic group in the city. They were seen as inferior, uneducated illiterates fit only for menial labor. They lived in extreme poverty, crammed into filthy tenements or living on the street. Rats had it better than them. Mother Cabrini intended to change all that. She begins by starting an orphanage, an endeavor met with resistance by those in power, especially Mayor Gould (Lithgow, Cliffhanger), a hate-filled racist who wants her shut down by any means necessary, legal or not. The local archbishop (Morse, The Negotiator) is no help either. He\u2019s constantly trying to quash her efforts so she\u2019ll return to Italy with her tail between her legs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I think most of us know how Cabrini\u2019s story turns out. She eventually founded a hospital to serve the Italian community and other poor people. Her charitable work ultimately extended to all parts of the world (including China). She would go on to be the first American sainted by the Catholic Church. She\u2019s the patron saint of immigrants.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0It hasn\u2019t been the best week for movies with the lame Blumhouse horror flick Imaginary and the entirely unnecessary Kung Fu Panda 4. Cabrini<\/strong> is the proverbial light at the end of tunnel. It can be harsh with its realistic depiction of life in Five Points and the racism endured by Italian immigrants just trying to make a better life. It can also be frustrating with the never-ending obstacles put in Cabrini\u2019s path as she tries to help the less fortunate. It\u2019s worth the effort in the end. Cabrini<\/strong> is an excellent film that\u2019s genuinely heartfelt and moving. It earns any and all tears it elicits from viewers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Dell\u2019Anna turns in a wonderful person as the titular superheroine. That\u2019s right, I called Mother Cabrini a superheroine. Instead of a cape, she wore a habit. Her superpowers were kindness, charity and resolve. She was a woman who refused to take no for an answer, not from anybody. This is a woman who worked tirelessly to provide for those under her care. When given property without proper access to water, she dug holes around the clock until she found a well. When ruffians burn down the hospital under construction, she pushes her way into the mayor\u2019s office to confront him face-to-face. This was one tough lady and she was sick to boot. Dell\u2019Anna crushes it in the role. She makes Cabrini a person to be admired, a pre-feminism feminist if you will.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The rest of the cast is equally great. Romana Maggiora Vergano (Sky TV\u2019s Christian) is terrific as Vittoria, a prostitute who leaves behind her degrading life to follow a higher calling alongside Cabrini. Lithgow is perfectly despicable as the Italian-hating mayor who looks every bit the villain with his Smith Brothers beard and huge cigar. Morse hits all the right notes as an adversary who secretly admires Cabrini even though she\u2019s ruffling the feathers of too many important people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Cabrini<\/strong> is very well made. The sets, costumes and everything else look great. You actually come to believe you\u2019re looking at late 19th<\/sup> century NYC it\u2019s so authentic looking. It\u2019s also consistently compelling. Sure it\u2019s a bit long at 145 minutes, but none of it is actually boring. I never once lost interest. Not only that, I didn\u2019t feel the time go by either. It was easier to sit through than Kung Fu Panda 4 which clocks in at 94 minutes (still too long). In addition, it was a learning experience for me. I knew nothing about Mother Cabrini before the movie. Now that I know her story, I admire her and all she did. It\u2019s an outstanding, near-perfect drama. See it!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Oh yeah, I almost forgot. In keeping with Angel Studios tradition, the end credits come with a plea for donations to a website that provides free tickets for those who couldn\u2019t otherwise afford to see Cabrini<\/strong> at the cinema. I think Mother Cabrini would have approved.<\/p>\r\n Cabrini (2024)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Angel\/Drama\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 145 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG-13 (thematic material, some violence and language including racial slurs)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Alejandro Monteverde\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Rod Barr\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Gene Back\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Gorka Gomez Andreu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: March 8, 2024 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Cristiana Dell\u2018Anna, David Morse, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Federico Ielapi, Liam Campora, Virginia Bocelli, Montserrat Espadale, Rolando Villazon, Patch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dramas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Cabrini-PIC.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1055,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/1055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Cabrini-POSTER.jpg?resize=620%2C918&ssl=1\")
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