SYNOPSIS
Cascia, 14th century, Rita Liotti falls in love, gets married and has two children. Her dream of love is soon hindered by a masculine and violent society, that Rita faces with peace and forgiveness. When she loses her husband and her children, she understands she has a mission: pursuing her path of peace, that will lead her to take the vows, and then to become Saint.
Rita is a Saint of these days, who lived in a very violent age and was so brave to break free from the vengeance chain, through a deep, sincere and christian forgiveness. She is a particular Saint, talking to everybody’s hearts, as she was everything. She was a daugher, a wife, a mother and a noun, she experienced every sort of life, and in all her different lives she was a living model of christian life.
Year: 2004
Format: Miniseries 2×100′ and TV movie 1×114′
Genre: Drama
Language: English, Italian, German
Co-production: RTI, Lux Vide, S&R Production in association with Blue Star Movies and Lux Vide GmbH
Average viewers: 6.168.500
Average share: 23,78%
Cast
| Rita Lotti | Vittoria Belvedere |
| Paolo Mancini | Martin Crewes |
| Guido Cicchi | Adriano Pappalardo |
| Ferdinando Mancini | Dietrich Hollinderbaum |
| Bernardo Mancini | Sandro Giordano |
| Amata Lotti | Sydne Rome |
| Caterina Mancini | Giorgia Bongianni |
| Francesco Mancini | Mirco Petrini |
| Ludovico Cicchi | Sebastiano Colla |
| Suor Matilde | Belinda Sinclair |
| Duccio | Massimiliano Pazzaglia |
| Antonio Lotti | Giacomo Piperno |
| Agnese | Maria Cecilia Cinardi |
| Badessa | Lina Sastri |
Crew
| Produced by | Luca Bernabei |
| Directed by | Giorgio Capitani |
| Screenplay | Maura Nuccetelli, Elisabetta Lodoli |
| In collaboration with | Salvatore Basile, Saverio D’Ercole |
| Subject | Maura Nuccetelli |
| Story editors | Saverio D’Ercole, Gladis Di Pietro, Andrea Valagussa |
| Editor | Antonio Siciliano |
| Music | Marco Frisina |
| Costumes Designer | Enrica Biscossi |
| Productor Designer | Francesco Bronzi |
| Director of Photography | Fabrizio Lucci |
| Casting Italy | Simona Tartaglia |
| Executive producer | Anselmo Parrinello |