Il prete bello (1989)
In 1939 Vicenza, a young petty thief befriends the local priest. Based on the novel by Goffredo Parise.
- Date of release
- 1989-09-15
- TMDB
- 4.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Carlo Mazzacurati
Casting
- Massimo Santelia — Sergio
- Davide Torsello — Cena
- Roberto Citran — Father Gastone
- Adriana Asti — Immacolata
- Jessica Forde — Fedora
- Marco Messeri — Nello Pannocchieschi
- Amy Werba
- Antonio Petrocelli — Uncle Tiziano
- Sergio Vastano — Aldo Brusà
- Silvana De Santis
- Luisa De Santis — Camilla
- Raoul Billerey — Sergio's grandfather
Interesting facts
The Handsome Priest is a 1989 coming-of-age drama film co-written and directed by Carlo Mazzacurati. A co-production between Italy and France, it premiered at the 46th Venice International Film Festival, in the Venice International Film Critics' Week sidebar.
Production
The film is based on the novel Il prete bello by Goffredo Parise. It was shot in the early 1989 in nine weeks between Vicenza and its surrounding area. The roles of Sergio and Cena required four months of auditions, with about 18,000 children being auditioned. It had a budget of about 3 billion lire.
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