''Not of this World'' or ''Fuori Dal Mondo'' (lit. "outside the world") is a 1999 Italian

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directed by

Giuseppe Piccioni Giuseppe Piccioni (born 2 July 1953) is an Italian film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting ...

. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, it was not nominated.

Plot

The film follows a nun whose life is upended when she is handed an abandoned infant in a park. She takes the baby to the hospital and proceeds to track down the mother. Along the way she meets the owner of a

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business whose sweater was wrapped around the baby, and begins to wonder if convent life is right for her.

Cast

Margherita Buy Margherita Buy (; born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and eight-time Nastro d'Argento winner. Overview After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her ...

: Sister Caterina *

Silvio Orlando Silvio Orlando (born 30 June 1957) is an Italian actor. Orlando was born and raised in Naples, where he started acting in theatre in 1976. He made his film debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the comedy '' Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan'', ...

: Ernesto *Carolina Freschi: Teresa *Maria Cristina Minerva: Esmeralda * Giuliana Lojodice: Caterina's Mother *

Chantal Ughi Chantal Ughi (born December 17, 1981) is an Italian and American female kickboxer, Actor, actress and multiple Muay Thai champion. Ughi started training Muay Thai in New York aged 20, and in January 2008 left her acting career in the United Stat ...

Reception

''Not of this World'' has an approval rating of 77% on

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, based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Ludovico Einaudi Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi OMRI (; born 23 November 1955) is an Italian pianist and composer. Trained at the Milan Conservatory, Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, Einaudi began his career as a classical composer, later incorporating other styles ...

Track listing

References

External links

* 1999 films 1999 drama films Italian drama films 1990s Italian-language films Films set in Milan Films directed by Giuseppe Piccioni Films scored by Ludovico Einaudi 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub