The Awakening

Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini Suor Letizia was released in Englishspeaking regions as When Angels Dont Fly and The Awakening In her first film appearance since The Rose Tattoo Anna Magnani plays a feisty nun named Sister Letizia Believing herself above such earthly trivialities as a maternal instinct Sr Letizia changes her way of thinking when an abandoned child is placed in her care Unofficially adopting the boy the good sister eventually comes to realize that even she cannot provide the care and guidance of a biological mother Carefully constructed to accommodate all the surefire boxoffice elements inherent in Camerinis earlier films Suor Letizia was almost guaranteed to be a hit