The acting is impressive in this genuine-life tale of an Irish charity worker but its uncritical portrayal leaves you wondering whether it tells the whole storyThis biopic unfolds the narrative of the philanthropist Christina Noble,who started a foundation in her own name to help impoverished and at risk children in Vietnam and Mongolia. Three actors (Gloria Cramer Curtis for the child, Sarah Greene for the teen and Deirdre OKane for the matriarch) play Noble as she endures a traumatic 1940s urban Irish childhood (early dying mum, and alcoholic dad,abuse, homelessness) before a dream sends her to south-east Asia to help kids.
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Source: theguardian.com