The Awakening

The Awakening

1956 it 87 minutes

Rating: 6

Plot

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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Cast

Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani

suor Letizia

Eleonora Rossi Drago

Eleonora Rossi Drago

Assunta

Antonio Cifariello

Antonio Cifariello

Peppino

Piero Boccia

Piero Boccia

Salvatore

Leonilde Montesi

Leonilde Montesi

suor Vincenza

Lina Tartara Minora

Lina Tartara Minora

suor Agnese

Emma Baron

Emma Baron

Bruna Cealti

Bruna Cealti

Bianca Doria

Bianca Doria

Concetta

Maria Mannelli

Maria Mannelli

Myriam Pisani

Myriam Pisani

Luisa Rossi

Luisa Rossi

suor Giuditta

Sara Simoni

Sara Simoni

Paolo Ferrara

Paolo Ferrara

sindaco

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