The Little Nuns
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The Little Nuns

A pair of heart-warming charmers lower the sonic boom on some high flyers!

6.8 / 10 1963 1h 40mNR Italian
Comedy

Storyline

Two nuns come to Rome to protest to an airline about its jet planes which have been flying over their convent school, disrupting teaching of the little orphans who study there and damaging the ancient fresco of their patron saint through sound vibrations.

Cast & Crew

Catherine Spaak

Catherine Spaak

Sister Celeste

Lead
Sylva Koscina

Sylva Koscina

Elena

Amedeo Nazzari

Amedeo Nazzari

Livio Bertana

Didi Perego

Didi Perego

Mother Rachele

Umberto D'Orsi

Umberto D'Orsi

Giovanni Menegatti detto Spugna

SB

Sandro Bruni

Damiano, l'orfano

Annie Gorassini

Annie Gorassini

segretaria di Bertana

Lando Buzzanca

Lando Buzzanca

Amilcare Franzetti

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Luciano Salce's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Little Nuns is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker