What age is Cabrini appropriate for?

Rated PG-13 in the US. 13, alone or with a parent; 11 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is Cabrini not recommended under 13?

What's in it: the official rating, first; street children, the sick, a wounded little girl; a fire, jump scares; a few crude words. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Cabrini: what age is it for? 13, alone or with a parent

From 13, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2024 · 2 h 22 · history, drama

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not yetwith an adult, or to talk about afteralonethe sweet spot

The official US rating is PG-13, and we never go below it. Alone from 13, and not before, even with an adult.

The sweet spot: around 13-15, when you have learned what immigration is, and can sit through a long, dark film about a woman who builds. Why a sweet spot?

Official US rating: PG-13. In France, zinema would say 11.

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What it's about

Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.

Why 13

The official rating, firstRated PG-13 in the US (parents strongly cautioned, some material may be inappropriate for children under 13). zinema never goes below the country's rating: it explains it.
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Street children, the sick, a wounded little girlOrphans sleeping in the sewers, a little girl injured in the street at the start, sick people dying for lack of care, a young prostitute who is beaten; brief blood, bodies.
A fire, jump scaresA hospital that burns, some twenty silences followed by crashes, a street fight, police rifles; a sick nun coughing blood.
A few crude wordsCrude words in the French dub, to express the contempt for Italian immigrants; no sexual scene.

What the movie brings

The true story of Francesca Cabrini, the first American saint, shown as a builder, not a pious image.
What Italian immigration to New York was, the contempt and the slums, seen from the children.
A sick woman who stands up to the mayor and the pope.

Watching it together

Before

Say beforehand that children live in the sewers and that a hospital burns; the film is long and dark on screen.

After

at 13 and up

The mayor says Italians are not real Americans: how do you decide who belongs to a country?

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A zinema reading from September 20, 2026 · the whole movie, watched in full · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made