Sparrow
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Time Out says
It's 1854, and Maria (Bettis), soon to become a nun, is evacuated from plague-ridden Catania in Sicily to the opulent villa near Mt Etna shared by her loving father (Castle) and manipulative stepmother (Cusack). Here Maria meets Nino (Schaech), a family friend whose passionate love prompts a conflict between her instincts and her vocation. Finlay plays a nasty priest, and Redgrave a crazed nun. A full-blown very unpersuasive Zeffirelli melodrama, lamentably performed, with so many poorly framed wide-angles and zooms that no two shots seem capable of being edited together smoothly.Author: AO
Release details
UK release:
1993
Duration:
106 mins
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Cast:
Dennis Quilley, Frank Finlay, Sinead Cusack, Valentina Cortese, John Castle, Sara-Jane Alexander, Jonathan Schaech, Angela Bettis, Vanessa Redgrave
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Screenwriter:
Franco Zeffirelli, Allan Baker
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