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Years after his mother's death, artist Ernesto (Sergio Castellitto) learns of his family's initiative to get her canonized when he's invited for an interview with a cardinal (Maurizio...
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An artful look at religious hypocrisy, interfamily dynamics...
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My Mother's Smile is a 2002 Italian film directed by Marco Bellocchio. The original Italian title is L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre) ("The Hour of Religion (My Mother's Smile)").
Apr 18, 2002 · By David Rooney. After two classical dramas that followed a string of numbing psychoanalytical works, director Marco Bellocchio returns to his challenging, unconventional roots with “The Religion...
Oct 10, 2002 · “My Mother’s Smile” spins a tale of family rivalry, centering on an unusual situation: A woman is being considered for Roman Catholic sainthood years after her death, and her son, an atheist,...
An artful look at religious hypocrisy, interfamily dynamics and the way people wrestle with personal history long after the original events are over. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 9,...
Sep 7, 2014 · When Ernesto, a famous artist and avowed atheist learns that his late mother is to be sainted, he is forced into acknowledging his own unexamined beliefs as well as the dark hypocrisies within outmoded religious rituals.
A meeting with the cardinal (Maurizio Donadoni) unsettles Ernesto even more as he recalls his mother's stupidity and her religious subservience to the Catholic Church. Since he wasn't there the night his brother murdered her, he has no new light to shed on the ghastly event.
