Sister Smile

Synopsis

Back in late 1963, a Belgian nun known only as Soeur Sourire, or Sister Smile, topped America's pop music charts with the relentlessly cheerful tune "Dominique," from an album of 12 songs that sold 1.5 million copies. From the little that is known of the ill-fated nun's life, Italy-based American writer-director Roger Deutsch has made the boldly speculative yet persuasive Italian-language film "Suor Sorriso" in which the nun (Ginevra Colonna) emerges as a tormented, unstable woman who abruptly left the convent after her recording triumph before taking her final vows. Running a shelter for wayward girls, she and another ex-nun (Simona Caparrini) enter a passionate, tumultuous and destructive affair. Colonna's volcanic Deckers craves spiritual redemption as well as the other woman's love but is so beset by demons that she embarks on a flamboyant, drug-fueled downward spiral that ultimately engulfs her lover as well as herself.

Main Cast

Ginevra Colonna

Janine

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Simona Caparrini

Clara

Age : 53 | Popularity : 7%

Antonio Salines

Vitale

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Francesca Bianco

Madre Superiora

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Fabrizio Bordignon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Roger Deutsch
Writing	Screenplay	Roger Deutsch Francesca Terrenato
Sound	Music	Emma Stow Andrea Salvadori
	Sound Mixer	Gabriele Moretti
	Boom Operator	Antonio Dolce
Camera	Director of Photography	Giulio Pietromarchi
Editing	Editor	Andrea Pica
Art	Production Design	Luigi Scoglio
	Art Direction	Antonella Conte
Production	Executive Producer	Wieland Schulz-Keil
Department	Role	Name

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