One of the most popular saints of all time, St. Philip Neri was widely known for his great charity, deep prayer life, and tremendous humor. Hoping to join St. Ignatius of Loyola's new order of Jesuits and be a missionary to India, Philip was instead guided by Providence to seek out the poor and abandoned youth of Rome to catechize them in the faith and help them find a better life. He became the founder of the religious congregation, the Oratory, that worked with the youth and also labored to re-evangelize a decadent Rome.
Giacomo Campiotti
Director
Gigi Proietti
San Filippo Neri
Francesco Salvi
Persiano Rosa
Roberto Citran
Cardinal Capurso
Sebastiano Lo Monaco
Principe Nerano
Francesca Chillemi
Ippolita
Stefano Fregni
Carrettiere
Jesus Emiliano Coltorti
Camillo
Josafat Vagni
Mezzapagnotta
Francesca Antonelli
Zaira
Niccolò Senni
Pierotto
Adriano Braidotti
Alessandro
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Some people’s first introduction to Mira Nair might be as New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mom. But with her insightful direction of 1991’s Mississippi Masala, Nair shows how much she deserves to be known as an artist. Delivering a nuanced portrait of a romance between a Black man and an Indian woman living in the South, Nair explores the complications each character faces, giving both equal weight.
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone has a complicated relationship with race. It has a diverse cast, but not without its problems. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s two book series, the show features characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy, which is very straight and white, and the Six of Crows duology, which is much more diverse. When bringing together a cast and writing about these characters, the team behind the show expanded upon some of the representation missing from the first trilogy, then seemed to take away representation from the duology. Shadow and Bone seems to play a bit of a push and pull game when it comes to portraying diversity onscreen.
This film is a splendid mix of mediums, but its strength lies in its simplicity and beautiful message of closeness.
We are constantly being pushed to move on from mishaps and negative feelings. What happens if we're not ready to do so?
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.