In the Name of the Father (1971)
1h 49min
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In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.
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Directed by: Franco Di Giacomo, Marco Bellocchio, Simone Carella
Written by: Marco Bellocchio
Produced by: Franco Cristaldi
Composed by: Nicola Piovani
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