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Completed - ITALIAN - Horror - 83 minutes

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A tribute to the horror classics from the 70's and 80's by the Italian master Pupi Avati.




Previous markets

  • Cannes 2019 (Premiere)
  • Busan 2019 (Line up)
  • Ventana Sur 2019 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Pupi AVATI

Synopsis

Italy, 1950s. A fourteen-years-old boy, Carlo, killed Emilio, a disabled guy hosted by the local priest.
The Italian Ministry of Interior wants to clarify what happened. The relation between the political
institutions and the Church is tense. The ruling Christian party needs to protect the Church to keep
its power. Carlo, the young murderer, talks about the Devil and accuses a nun of instigating him
to kill his victim, Emilio. Carlo believes that Emilio caused the death of Paolino, Carlo’s best friend,
two years earlier. Carlo wants to bring Paolino back from the land of the dead. By trying to do so,
Carlo kills Emilio thinking he is an incarnation of the devil.

Production

Country(ies) : ITALY

Festivals and Awards

Thessaloniki IFF 2019 Film Market Films
Ventana Sur 2019 European Screenings


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