Cabrini ~ A Movie Review

In the past few years, there have been very few movies released in the theaters that I would pay to see. Many movies that are being released have undeveloped stories and characters or contain material that I don’t enjoy. For these reasons, I am so glad to see Angel Studios working so hard to bring movies that inspire, encourage faith, and bring light to the love of Jesus. Cabrini is a movie that embodies all of those aspects. The movie is set to release on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2024, and you can buy tickets now!

A Few Facts

• From the director, producers, and writers of Sound of Freedom, the 16th highest-grossing independent film of all time. Sound of Freedom came in #10 at the US box office and made over $240 million worldwide
• From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society’s most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope, unlike anything the world had ever seen.
• Over 34 years, Cabrini established an astonishing 67 hospitals, orphanages, and schools. Her energy was fueled by an intense focus on serving Jesus in whatever he asked of her and her legacy still stands today.
• Cabrini was canonized in 1946 by Pope Pius XII and became the first American citizen to be named a saint. Four years later she was given the title of Patroness of Immigrants.
• Cabrini is the first biopic about the Patron Saint of Immigrants

Check out the trailer for Cabrini below!

My Thoughts

I know that movie is set to release on International Women’s Day and it is about a woman who has great accomplishments. However, please don’t mistake this movie for a “feminist movement” or push for that. While Francesca Cabrini is female, she does not use her gender as a cry for her mission to succeed. She advocated for people, the poor, and at the time the Italian Immigrants in New York.

When first introduced to Cabrini, we learn that her hope was to be part of a group of women missionaries (a group of Nuns in Italy where she is Mother Cabrini) to travel to China and work with the poor. She is denied this request and asks to speak to the Pope. When meeting with the Pope he read a letter from a box explaining the hardships in New York for Italian Immigrants. He tells her that the box is full of these letters and that he will grant her permission to go to New York to help the Italian Immigrants.

From the moment the sisters arrive in New York, they are met with challenges. This movie is one not only of perseverance but hope. Cabrini is met time and time again with rejection or blockade after blockade in her attempts to better the lives of the orphans of Italian Immigrants and the immigrants themselves. Overall, I enjoyed this movie and the way Cabrini stayed faithful and committed to God’s word in helping the poor.

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Disclosure:
Many thanks to Angel Studios for providing a sample of the product for this review. All opinions are 100% my own.