Mother

Noomi Rapace channels an intimidating and transfixed Mother Teresa in Teona Strugar Mitevska’s compelling exploration of faith and devotion.

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Credits

  • Director

    Teona Strugar Mitevska

  • Screenwriters

    Goce Smilevski, Teona Strugar Mitevska, Elma Tataragić

  • With

    Noomi Rapace, Sylvia Hoeks, Nikola Ristanovski

  • Belgium-North Macedonia-Sweden-Denmark 2025. 104min

  • Courtesy of

    Kinology

  • Languages

    English, Hindi

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Mitevska challenges every trope of the period biopic with her portrait of Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, aka Mother Teresa. Set over the course of one frenetic week, it finds the restless, charismatic nun struggling to bury a potentially disruptive scandal, and confronting the Catholic Church’s patriarchy in order to establish her own religious order, all the while drifting into a delirium of devotional fervour.

Sergio Fant

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury, and themes of abortion.

How to book

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