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“Mother Teresa.” Today Home Entertainment. $59.95. With “Mother Teresa,” film makers Ann and Jeanette Petrie have made a documentary worthy of their remarkable subject, an Albanian-born member of the Irish Sisters of Loretto who in 1946 heard the call of God to work in the slums of Calcutta. Simplicity is the chief characteristic of this film, as it is of Mother Teresa, whom the Petries followed on and off for five years over four continents. So alive is “Mother Teresa” with humanity’s infinite possibilities for good in the face of evil and despair that it is exhilarating, offering a real lift to the spirits. “God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen,” says Mother Teresa. We listen to this splendid film, too. Information: (213) 278-6490. *** 1/2