By all accounts, this slick production aims at exposing the corruption of southern Italian Catholicism. A young seminarian who can’t be ordained because of a speech impediment leaves the seminary to take a job with a wealthy baroness’ crippled son. The seminarian is a lustful and mendacious rascal, but soon after taking the baroness to bed he heads off to Lourdes with the boy, ostensibly in hope of a miracle for the lad. Instead, he seduces a very devout woman who is visiting the site with her grandmother, who dies. This is just the main story. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.2/10 | |
Released: | October 28, 1974 | |
Runtime: | 100 min | |
Genres: | Drama Romance | |
Companies: | Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo Belial | |
Cast: | Janet Agren Al Cliver Valeria Moriconi Giancarlo Marinangeli | |
Crew: | Sergio Nasca | |
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