From Lisbeth Salander to Mother Teresa, Noomi Rapace has never shied away from transformative, fearless roles. In her latest film “Mother”, directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska, the Swedish actress takes on one of her most radical characters yet: a young Mother Teresa in 1948, on the brink of leaving the convent to follow her calling. But this is no reverential biopic. “Mother” is raw, provocative, and intimate – a “punk rock” portrait that demystifies the saint and reveals the ambitious, conflicted woman beneath.
