A film that was released in the United States on 8 March ‘24, International Women’s Day, has found favour with both critics and audiences. The film quickly reached the fourth place in the U.S. box office. You may be surprised to know that the film is about a Catholic Sister and a saint. Her last name is the name of the film: Cabrini.
The biographical film is directed by Alejandro Gómez Monteverde, who is fond of making movies on religious themes to which American film critics are usually allergic. But most of them are praising this film. The film’s executive producer, Eustace Wolfington, said, “Muslims, atheists, and Christians saw the film, and they all say one thing: that they want to be like Cabrini.” The film was produced by Angel Studios, a company that also made the internationally successful series, The Chosen, about Jesus of Nazareth. Pope Francis watched some scenes from the film.
The film tells the real life story of Mother Frances Saverio Cabrini, who was born in 1850 in Lombardy, Italy. Cabrini’s original name was Maria Francesca Cabrini. When she took her religious vows in 1877, she changed her name to Frances Xavier, in tribute to the indefatigable Jesuit missionary, St. Francis Xavier.
FR M.A. JOE ANTONY, SJ
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