Overview
Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.
Director and cast
- Cristiana Dell'Anna as Francesca Cabrini
- David Morse as Archbishop Corrigan
- Giancarlo Giannini as Pope Leo XIII
- John Lithgow as Mayor Gould
- Romana Maggiora Vergano as Vittoria
- Federico Ielapi as Paolo
- Virginia Bocelli as Aria
- Rolando Villazón as Disalvo
- Jeremy Bobb as Calloway
- Federico Castelluccio as Senator Bodio
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