Disney PlusDuring WWII, in the days leading up to Christmas, a woman arrives at an Italian Catholic boarding school for orphaned girls with a large cake and a plea for them to pray for her boyfriend, who is having an affair.
From writer and director, Alice Rohrwacher, and Academy Award® winning producer, Alfonso Cuarón, “Le Pupille” is a tale of innocence, greed and fantasy. This 2023 Oscar® nominated Live Action Short is about desires, pure and selfish, about freedom and devotion, and about the anarchy that is capable of flowering in the minds of girls ...
Rohrwacher’s film is at once a delightful comedy that features a group of rowdy orphans, and also a sly dig at the absolutism of Catholic values. One particular orphan, Serafina (Melissa Flasconi) accidentally touches a radio playing war propaganda and it starts playing ‘Ba-ba-baciami piccina’ and the orphan girls, unsupervised for a moment, sing and dance along in glee.One can’t make up rules and define the young and not expect them to at some stage recognise the hypocrisy. Le Pupille is a wonderful tale that revels in the rebellious little girl who like Oliver Twist dares to ask for more.
