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Saint Rita
Cascia, 14th century, Rita Liotti falls in love, gets married and has two children. Her dream of love is soon hindered by a masculine and violent society, that Rita faces with peace and forgiveness. When she loses her husband and her children, she understands she has a mission: pursuing her path of peace, that will lead her to take the vows, and then to become Saint. Rita is a Saint of these days, who lived in a very violent age and was so brave to break free from the vengeance chain, through a deep, sincere and christian forgiveness. She is a particular Saint, talking to everybody’s hearts, as she was everything. She was a daugher, a wife, a mother and a nun, she experienced every sort of life, and in all her different lives she was a living model of christian life.
| Release : | 2004 |
| Rating : | 7.1 |
| Studio : | |
| Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
| Cast : | Vittoria Belvedere Martin Crewes Enzo Marino Bellanich Massimiliano Benvenuto Dietrich Hollinderbäumer |
| Genre : | Drama History |
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Highly Overrated But Still Good
Good movie but grossly overrated
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
a beautiful film. it is the most easy definition. maybe, the precise one. because , like each story of faith, it is just a confession. about the sacrifice and love and meaning of life and generosity. and the only detail who did the difference by many other religious films is the lead actress who not gives only the admirable image of of a Romano - Catholic popular saint but the portrait of Medieval woman. a film about a mother and her choices. about vocation and about the delicacy of miracles. beautiful. maybe touching. and useful. for discover the embroidery of emotion. for to be part of a seductive story. for admire a good script and a director who saw to explore each nuance.
Outstanding movie located in medieval Italy. The acting is superb and the scenario for the movie is phenomenal. I have watched it three times and I always get something from it. You can see it to enlighten yourself about a time where "vendetta" was a way of living and where the pest was difficult to overcome. Or, you can watch it to inspire yourself about a woman that against all odds was able to keep her faith and forgive others walking as a peace maker and therefore a "friend" of God. All of us have, at a moment or another, someone to forgive, and this movie will motivate you to be a peacemaker. The acting of both Vittoria Belvedere and Lina Sastri, is excellent, and their dialogues very profound. Male actors are also impeccable, portraying very believable passionate Italians.
Rita da Cascia is a TV Movie starring Vittoria Belvedere as St.Rita of Cascia and Martin Crewes as Paolo Mancini together with Simone Ascani,Enzo Marino Bellanich,Massimiliano Benvenuto,Giorgia Bongianni and Sandro Giordano.The story is about Rita Lotti - a woman with full of conviction and conservative catholic values imparted to her by her parents.It was directed by Giorgio Capitani.Vittoria Belvedere shines in her portrayal as Saint Rita.The movie was so convincing that you can actually understand the suffering of a wife and a mother in the midst of prevailing worldly concept during her time that even Catholic Priests doesn't share her principle in life of non- violence and peace.Aside from her portrayal,special mention should also be given to Giorgio Capitani for his direction of the TV movie that he did not fall into the trap of turning the movie into a soap opera but a religious experience about having faith in God amidst trials and tribulations in life.Overall,Rita da Cascia,spoken in both English and Italian,is highly recommended for people that are looking for a story about the willingness to change and the power of prayer in softening the hardest of hearts of others.
The image of Vittoria Belvedere and his acting is beautiful pledge for the ambiguous beauty of Roman-Catholic saints.A beautiful beyond words or miracles. A physical beauty, in many cases but, in essence, chain of nuances, from sweet face in tension of Blessed Elisabeth of the Trinity to severe resignation of Saint Theresia Benedikta of the Cross, from huge calm glance of Saint Gemma Galgani to mildness of Mother Teresa, from bread-face of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and Holy Face to the eyes of Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka beyond the execution.Like any religious work, it is story about relation with God. Like every Italian religious film, it is story about personal relation with life who, grace of subtle signs, is base of God's love. And when the central character is a saint with a strong fame in Italy, Latin America,an incorruptible saint and spiritual mother of many families, witness of wonderful miracles and victim of hard times,ideal wife,mother and nun, it is enough for ignore the artistic value of movie in favor of his spiritual message.
