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Our Lady of the Turks

64 %|Sep 3, 1968|Drama

A man (Carmelo Bene) can not bear to be part of society. He considers himself a "jerk" and so invents its own philosophy, which involves the destruction of his land of Puglia where all citizens are devoted to the Catholic religion. However, the man can not destroy the belief of the pilgrims of Salento, because a woman would prevent that. It is an unknown "Santa Margherita", which tries to divert man from his weird and impossible philosophy. Successive scenes of the film show various situations unreal and dream in which the two protagonists try to obtain the best one on the other. After a blasphemous dialogue between monks, the man includes his whole philosophy in a Moorish building. In fact, this seems to have been the scene of the massacre of the famous 800 Martyrs of Otranto, which are considered by the scetic man the absolute death of Christianity.

Featured Crew

Carmelo Bene
Director
Mario Masini
Cinematography
Renato Marinelli
Special Effects
Carmelo Bene
Production Design
Italo Cameracanna
Foley
Carmelo Bene
Novel
Carmelo Bene
Costume Design
Carmelo Bene
Writer

Cast

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Carmelo Bene
The Protagonist
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Lydia Mancinelli
Saint Margareth
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Anita Masini
Holy Mary / The Woman
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Ornella Ferrari
The Maidservant
actor
Vincenzo Musso
Man Running in the Street