To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
Acting
Silvio Orlando's magnificent exhaustion as the reluctant maestro.
Direction
Mazzacurati's warm, unhurried observation of human foibles.
Director
Carlo Mazzacurati
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film gently mocks Italy's obsession with spectacle while ultimately celebrating its communal power.
Mazzacurati cast many actual villagers alongside professionals, blurring fiction and the real Good Friday traditions he was depicting.
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