The fascinating story of a little-known religious sister is making big gains across box offices in Spain.<\/p>\n
-'The Lord has revealed to me that it is His will to found a new congregation. You will be the Mothers of the Forsaken.'<\/em><\/p>\n The film centers on Ana, a young Andalusian woman who changes her name to Petra and leaves everything to found a congregation dedicated to the most marginalized in her city. <\/p>\n -'What can you tell me about your founder?' MARIAN ARAHUETES One of the motivations behind making the film for producer Andr\u00e9s Garrig\u00f3 was Petra's great devotion to St. Joseph. <\/p>\n ANDR\u00c9S GARRIG\u00d3 -'Tell me what you're becoming, because it's still not clear to me who you are.' The film was shot in Salamanca, Spain. <\/p>\n Its lead actress was not originally familiar with Petra's story, but says it left her stunned after filming.<\/p>\n MARIAN ARAHUETES The film has only been released in Spain so far, but its producers hope to make the leap to other markets and release the English version as soon as possible. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n BA<\/p>\n TR: JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" February 12, 2022. \"Petra de San Jos\u00e9\" tells the story of the young founder of a congregation dedicated to accompanying and serving the marginalized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h6gngh_q1-g","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpetradesanjoseeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpetradesanjoseint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n-'She is a great woman, who spares no sacrifice in her eagerness to serve our Lord Jesus Christ and the poor and helpless of this world.' <\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Actress, 'Petra de San Jos\u00e9'
\n'For me, the most remarkable thing about Petra and what most touched me was her tenacity, her desire to want to do things well and to fight for what she wanted. It seems to me a wonderful attitude towards life. She had a lot of faith in life, and in that everything was going to turn out well.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Producer, 'Petra de San Jos\u00e9'.
\n'Another element of the film is that St. Joseph is not a historical being, but a living being who is continuously doing us favors.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n-'My face says who I am.' <\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Actress, 'Petra de San Jos\u00e9'.
\n'What I have learned and what I take from her is her love for others and the humanity and solidarity she had when it came to doing things. She lived by and for others.'<\/em><\/p>\n