Not of This World

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Summary: Warm, human, real -- all that is best about Italian film!!!
Review: Had I known beforehand that this was a film about a nun who finds a baby in a park, I probably would have avoided it like the plague. Yet, from this premise that promises only the worst kind of sentimentality comes the best film I've seen in years. There is sentiment, to be sure, but it is earned -- superbly so -- by the honesty and intelligence of the performances, script and direction.

This film lets us spend time with ordinary, unforgettable people facing the simple, terrible problems of everyday life, first alone, and then together. It shows us that even those who think they are "not of this world" are bound to it by the humanity we share. It will make you smile in recognition and, I dare say, sniffle a bit as well.

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Summary: A Realistic View of Nuns
Review: Like _The Brides of Christ_, this film gives a beautifully realistic portrayal of nuns in times of changee and crisis. The story of a middle-aged nun, and the heartache she goes through as she tries to decide when, upon finding a child, whether she has truly made the decision to forsake all earthly things in joining the convent. Without being sentimental or preachy, this film considered some of the things a man or woman who enters the church has given up, and what he/she gains by it also.

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Summary: A Realistic View of Nuns
Review: This is one of those films that you watch because someone else wants to see it, but you're not sure you're going to like it. Well I ended up loving this story. This is an exceptionally well-made film that is a remarkable meditation on the nature of human loneliness and love. Highly recommended.

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Summary: suprisingly great
Review: This is one of those films that you watch because someone else wants to see it, but you're not sure you're going to like it. Well I ended up loving this story. This is an exceptionally well-made film that is a remarkable meditation on the nature of human loneliness and love. Highly recommended.