Il saprofita
1974·Italy·100 min.
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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.
DirectorSergio Nasca
CinematographyGiuseppe Aquari
CastValeria Moriconi·Al Cliver·Giancarlo Marinangeli·Janet Agren·Cinzia Bruno·Leopoldo Trieste·Giancarlo Badessi·Daniele Dublino·Pia Morra
Original titleIl saprofita