Not of this World or Fuori Dal Mondo (lit. "outside the world") is a 1999 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Piccioni. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Academy Awards, it was not nominated.
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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 dry cleaning business whose sweater was wrapped around the baby, and begins to wonder if convent life is right for her.
Cast
Margherita Buy: Sister Caterina
Silvio Orlando: Ernesto
Carolina Freschi: Teresa
Maria Cristina Minerva: Esmeralda
Giuliana Lojodice: Caterina's Mother
Chantal Ughi
Reception
Not of this World has an approval rating of 77% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Ludovico Einaudi.