Based on the story of the woman recently brought to trial on charges of moral plagiarism and witchcraft.
Acting
Sandrelli's restrained fury burns slowly then explodes.
Direction
Lizzani captures suffocating small-town judgment.
Director
Carlo Lizzani
Stefania Sandrelli
Sandra Agostini
Ida Di Benedetto
Maria Pia Sturla
Paolo Bonacelli
Don Paolo Monti
Enzo Robutti
Il vescovo
Carlo Monni
Foschi
Riccardo Rossi
Laura Betti
Lidia Corradi
Giuseppe Cederna
Bruno Corradi
Maria Fiore
Mara
Alessandro Haber
Mario Bonetti
Luigi Pistilli
Roberto Lavagnino
Massimo Sarchielli
Oste
Barbara De Rossi
Laura Bonetti
Néstor Garay
Giudice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Ebe case exposed how Italy's Catholic establishment still weaponized 'morality' charges against women in the 1980s.
Stefania Sandrelli insisted on meeting the real Ebe before filming; the woman refused, having retreated from public life entirely after her acquittal.
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