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Completed - Comedy - 100 minutes

Log Line

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Pope Sixtus V’s birth, The Mayor asks Angelo to realise a show based on famous events of Pope Sixtus’s life; Angelo hires a musical group that, despite being really high level, disrupts the religious spirit of the works and makes it more absur and funny.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2023 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2024 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Paolo CONSORTI
Writer(s) : Paolo CONSORTI
Cast : Enzo IACCHETTI, Elio ELIO, Giobbe COVATTA, Natasha STEFANENKO, Cristiano CALDIRONI, Stefano NOSEI, Guenda GORIA

Producer(s) : Opera totale OPERA TOTALE, Ph music worx PH MUSIC WORX

Synopsis

Montalto Marche, 2021. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Pope Sixtus V’s birth, the mayor oh his native village hires a religious musicals’ author from Marche, Angelo Santini. The Mayor asks him to realise a show based on famous events of Pope Sixtus’s life and insists on this show having a big appeal and requests that Angelo find a theatre company famous enough to catch media’s attention. So Angelo hires a musical group that, despite being really high level, disrupts the religious spirit of the works and makes it more absurd and funny.

Production

Country(ies) : ITALY

Festivals and Awards

Boden International Film Festival 2022 (Official Selection)
London Movie Award 2022 (Official Selection)
Italian Comedy Festival 2023 (Finalist)


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