Seventeen women attending a boarding faculty run by nuns face a serious dilemma in “Le Pupille.” Billed as a “tale of innocence, greed, and fantasy,” Alice Rohrwacher’s Disney+ brief movie sees the ladies selecting between satiating their very own wishes and making a gesture that they’re advised will please God.
When a cake made with 70 eggs makes its approach to the varsity at Christmas, the nuns are surprised. The indulgence in “such hard times” is described as “madness” and “a waste” in a brand new trailer for the venture. “I have a proposal for you,” a nun tells her pupils: “sacrificing your slice of cake and offering it as a pledge to Jesus.”
“The ways of destiny,” we’re advised, “are endless.”
“I like the fact that the moral of this story is a bit bizarre,” Rohrwacher has mentioned. “On the one hand, we had a Christmas story, and on the other, we had a lot of fantasy, imagination — my imagination and the viewer’s imagination.”
Rohrwacher’s credit embrace “Happy as Lazzaro” and “The Wonders.”
“Le Pupille” hits Disney+ December 16.