Overview

• The film premiered today as the opening title of Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti section.
• Eschewing a traditional cradle-to-grave biopic, the narrative focuses on a brief period when Mother Teresa prepares to leave the Loreto convent to found a new order.
• Noomi Rapace stars and serves as an executive producer after six months of preparation that included deep research and study of Mother Teresa’s letters.
• An early review from TheWrap highlights a bold, nontraditional approach — including heavy-metal flourishes — and a psychologically probing, feminist lens.
• Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska and co-written with Goce Smilevski and Elma Tataragić, the multinational co-production features Sylvia Hoeks and was shot in Belgium and Calcutta.