Venice Horizons Opening Film ‘Mother,’ Starring Noomi Rapace as Mother Teresa, Unveils First Trailer

‘Mother’ Review: Noomi Rapace Leads Uneven Mother Teresa Drama with a Fine Mix of Austerity and Doubt

Venice: Albanian Macedonian filmmaker Teona Strugar Mitevska’s feature opened the 82nd Biennale’s “Orrizonti” section and offers an affecting, arguably co-lead performance by Dutch actor Sylvia Hoeks as Sister Agnieszka.

‘Mother’ Review: A Magnetic Noomi Rapace Plays Young Mother Teresa in a Stylistically Spiky Period Piece

Premiering in the Horizons section at Venice, Macedonian writer-director Teona Strugar Mitevska's film portrays the Albanian nun known mostly for her work with the poorest in India.

'Mother' Review: Noomi Rapace Plays Mother Teresa in Odd, Bold Drama

You wouldn’t normally expect a film about Mother Teresa to feature heavy-metal music, nuns dancing in white nightgowns in the middle of the night, abortion as a prominent story line or “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” star Noomi Rapace as the sainted Albanian-Indian missionary who died in 1997. But you get all of those and more in “Mother,” a drama from Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska that opened the Orizzonti section of the Venice I…

Venice Horizons Opening Film ‘Mother,’ Starring Noomi Rapace as Mother Teresa, Unveils First Trailer

Variety is exclusively unveiling the first trailer for 'Mother,' starring Noomi Rapace as Mother Teresa, which is opening Venice's Horizons strand.