{"id":99828,"date":"2025-08-27T14:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99828\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:25:07","slug":"mother-teresa-biopic-mother-opens-venice-horizons-unveils-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99828\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Teresa Biopic ‘Mother’ Opens Venice Horizons, Unveils Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tVariety is exclusively unveiling the first trailer for \u201cMother<\/a>,\u201d starring Noomi Rapace as Mother Teresa<\/a>, which is opening the Venice Film Festival<\/a>\u2018s Horizons strand.<\/p>\n

\n\tKinology handles world sales for the project, with Adler Entertainment distributing in Italy.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trailer of director Teona Strugar Mitevska\u2019s project offers a glimpse into the formative period of one of history\u2019s most complex religious figures during a pivotal moment in Teresa\u2019s spiritual journey.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in Kolkata (then Calcutta), India in August 1948, \u201cMother\u201d follows Teresa, Mother Superior of the convent of the Sisters of Loreto, as she anxiously awaits permission to leave her monastery and create a new religious order. The drama, shot in English, focuses on seven pivotal days in the life of the future saint when she faced a dilemma that challenged both her ambitions and faith.<\/p>\n

\n\tRapace leads the cast alongside Sylvia Hoeks and Nikola Ristanovski in the Belgium-North Macedonia co-production. The international production brings together Entre Chien et Loup, Sisters and Brother Mitevski, Rainy Days Productions, Frau Film, SCCA\/pro.ba, and Raging Films.<\/p>\n

\n\tMitevska, who previously explored Mother Teresa\u2019s life in her documentary \u201cTeresa and I,\u201d draws from extensive research including interviews with the last living sisters who witnessed the saint\u2019s character. The director positions her protagonist not as a traditional saint, but as \u201calmost a CEO of a multinational company, relentless and ambitious,\u201d as she says in her director\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe filmmaker acknowledges the controversial aspects of her subject, particularly Teresa\u2019s stance on abortion, while choosing to examine the woman before she became the globally recognized saint.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe screenplay, penned by Goce Smilevski, Mitevska, and Elma Tataragi\u0107, presents what the director calls \u201ca female story\u201d that avoids traditional martyrdom narratives. <\/p>\n

\n\tTechnical credits include cinematography by Virginie Saint Martin, editing by Per K. Kirkegaard, and production design by Vuk Mitevski. The score comes from Magali Gruselle and Flemming Nordkrog, with sound design by a team including Peter Albrechtsen and Kristoffer Salting.<\/p>\n

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