BELLA

Here is the official trailer for the award-winning film, Bella which opened nation-wide on Oct. 26, 2007! For more information on this movie visit http://www.bellathemovie.com.

If you haven't seen this movie yet, DO SO.



You may know that the USCCB (United State Conference of Catholic Bishops: Film-and Broadcasting) offers their own reviews of both current and 20th century film.

Here is the short review that they offer for Bella:

Sweetly sentimental story about an unmarried New York waitress (an especially fine Tammy Blanchard) who loses her job after becoming pregnant, and her restaurant's empathetic chef (Mexican soap favorite Eduardo Verastegui) -- an ex-soccer star whose career ended after his car fatally struck a child -- who gives the young woman emotional support, takes her to visit his loving family, and gently tries to persuade her to keep the baby. Director and co-writer Alejandro Monteverde's impressive feature film debut is sometimes dramatically slack and implausible, but the sensitive performances, positive depiction of the chef's warm Latino family, and most of all, its affirmative pro-life message -- along with themes of self-forgiveness, reconciliation and redemption -- should resonate with Catholic viewers.