Saint Rita

No Cause is Ever Lost...

Saint Rita — Plot

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 date
• September 26, 2004
• Runtime
• 180 min
• Genres
• History, Drama
• Director
• Giorgio Capitani

Saint Rita — Cast

Vittoria Belvedere Rita Lotti Martin Crewes Paolo Mancini Simone Ascani Tommaso Lina Sastri Abbess Adriano Pappalardo Guido Cicchi Dietrich Hollinderbäumer Ferdinando Mancini Michaela Rosen Teresa Mancini Sandro Giordano Bernardo Mancini