In Detail

On her arrival to New York, Cabrini (Cristiana Dell’Anna) is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children, so she sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable.

She arrived with nothing, with broken English and poor health – a woman at a time when women had no voice, an Italian at a time when Italians were considered the lowest of the low – and went on to build one of the greatest business empires the world had ever known.

You may remember award-winning director Alejandro Monteverde from his film ‘Sound of Freedom’, and the film also stars John Lithgow and David Morse.

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