Alejandro Monteverde’s “Cabrini” reminds the audience of one extraordinary woman: Mother Cabrini (or Francesca Cabrini)—an Italian immigrant nun who travelled to New York in 1889 to look for orphans and create homes for them.
While Monteverde’s film highlights the main character’s incredible work and contributes to relaying a significant and shameful part of the United States’ history, including its encounters with xenophobia, the biopic as a whole falls short of leaving a lasting impression on the spectator. Despite its fantastic acting, the ensemble performers are unable to carry this overlong picture on their shoulder.
“Cabrini” begins with an emotional scene that sets the tone for the rest of the story.
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