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      Not of This World

      Released Mar 26, 1999 1 hr. 40 min. Drama List
      77% 13 Reviews Tomatometer 82% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Sister Caterina (Margherita Buy) is months away from taking her final vows when a man in a park hands her an abandoned baby. After taking the baby boy to the hospital, where she visits him every day, Sister Caterina tries to track down his parents with just one clue: a tag on his blanket. She matches this clue to laundry owner Ernesto (Silvio Orlando). They join forces and search for the baby's mother, while Sister Caterina begins to question if the convent is the right choice for her. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Everyone begins on a broad road of possibilities, but as one ages, the choices dwindle and the path gets narrower. When I was young, I could not fully grasp how we have to make lifetime commitments. How do you know what you want to be for life? As I grew, I viewed the age-old question differently for isn't really a matter of certainty, but that of wisdom and faith. Take the protagonist of the Italian drama "Not of This World" for example. Sister Caterina, beautiful and intelligent, is happy on becoming a nun. But when she is handed an abandoned infant to take care of, two internal forces kick in - her maternal instinct and her doubts about her lifetime profession. Her spiritual questioning is not obvious at first, but people around her are constantly bringing it up. It is a curiosity that permeates the movie as to why this woman would want to become a nun. I think what gravitates you towards to Sister Caterina is that she's wise, nice, and all-around admirable. It seems that she's got it together. And even when her doubts make her pause, her heart is resolute. And when she is certain, she has no hint of crazy. She seems perfect but Margherita Buy, who won Best Actress (Italy) for the role, illuminates her as credibly human. She gives a beautiful nuanced performance. It would be best to view the movie as a character study. I like that the characters aren't sometimes talking and silently reflect their inner thoughts. While there is a certain mystery to what the characters withhold, the plot is fairly straightforward. The ending is predictable even if the movie teases some alternate possibilities. But like life, what matters is not about the destination but the journey itself. And Sister Caterina's baby steps to a spiritual discovery is one emotional home run. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review kevin w Interesting introspective character study of individuals at one of life's crossroads: "I may be unhappy with my life, there's some vague uneasiness ... yet I alone have made the choices that brought me here ... now what?" An adult movie about adulthood set when a nun finds a newborn baby abandoned in the local park. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member bah i don't remember why I approached this movie, pointless and bland, totally forgettable Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKZE5ICReZ8 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8zXLQCx5gw for the soundtrack Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 19, 2002 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Rated: 8/10 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) Rated: 5/5 Aug 18, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Aug 5, 2005 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 2.5/5 Mar 7, 2004 Full Review John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews will ring true for anyone who has ever doubted his/her life direction and for those who have ever fantasized about different choices Rated: B Nov 20, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Sister Caterina (Margherita Buy) is months away from taking her final vows when a man in a park hands her an abandoned baby. After taking the baby boy to the hospital, where she visits him every day, Sister Caterina tries to track down his parents with just one clue: a tag on his blanket. She matches this clue to laundry owner Ernesto (Silvio Orlando). They join forces and search for the baby's mother, while Sister Caterina begins to question if the convent is the right choice for her.
      Director
      Giuseppe Piccioni
      Executive Producer
      Rosanna Seregni
      Screenwriter
      Giuseppe Piccioni, Gualtiero Rosella, Lucia Maria Zei
      Distributor
      Entertech Releasing Corporation
      Production Co
      Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) [it], Lumière & Company
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Italian
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 26, 1999, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jan 14, 2003
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $12.5K
      Sound Mix
      Dolby SR, Dolby Digital
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)