During WWII, in the days leading up to Christmas, a woman arrives at an Italian Catholic boarding school for orphaned girls with a large cake and a plea for them to pray for her boyfriend, who is having an affair.

Alba Rohrwacher
as Mother Superior Fioralba

Greta Zuccheri Montanari
as Sister Paoletta

Carmen Pommella
as Sister Caterina

Lady Maru
as Sister Carmela

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
as Rosa in love

Melissa Falasconi
as Serafina

Febe Sapia
as Teresa

Francesca Uccelli
as Fernanda

Mila Buganè
as Flora

Maria Renata Corelli
as Renata