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Release Date:
September 3, 1968
Original Title:
Nostra signora dei turchi
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Patara
Production Countries:
Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 124
A man (Carmelo Bene) can not bear to be part of society. He considers himself a "jerk" and so invents its own philosophy, which involves the destruction of his land of Puglia where all citizens are devoted to the Catholic religion. However, the man can not destroy the belief of the pilgrims of Salento, because a woman would prevent that. It is an unknown "Santa Margherita", which tries to divert man from his weird and impossible philosophy. Successive scenes of the film show various situations unreal and dream in which the two protagonists try to obtain the best one on the other. After a blasphemous dialogue between monks, the man includes his whole philosophy in a Moorish building. In fact, this seems to have been the scene of the massacre of the famous 800 Martyrs of Otranto, which are considered by the scetic man the absolute death of Christianity.
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Cinematography:
Mario Masini
Costume Design:
Carmelo Bene
Director:
Carmelo Bene
Editor:
Mauro Contini
Foley:
Italo Cameracanna
Music Supervisor:
Franco Jasiello
Novel:
Carmelo Bene
Producer:
Carmelo Bene
Giorgio Patara
Production Design:
Carmelo Bene
Sound Effects Editor:
Italo Cameracanna
Special Effects:
Renato Marinelli
Writer:
Carmelo Bene
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