Religious Place of Worship (2016)
Released | 2016-12-15 | Comedy | 94m | 5.4/10
Sandro Petraglia (Writer) | Luca Miniero (Script) | Astutillo Smeriglia (Story) |
Set on the small island of Porto Buio, the traditional live Christmas Nativity scene might not go ahead because the baby who’s always played Jesus has grown up and no new babies have been born on the island in years! With this fundamental tradition on the line, newly elected Mayor Cecco (Claudio Bisio) wants to ask the local Tunisian community to “borrow” one of their children, but there’s conflict between the two communities. Cecco enlists the help of local Islam convert Bilal (Alessandro Gassman) to cross the cultural divide… but both communities are not sure what to make of a baby Jesus that may need his nationality, and even his religion changed!
Claudio Bisio (Cecco) | Alessandro Gassmann (Marietto/Bilal) | Angela Finocchiaro (Suor Marta) | Nabiha Akkari (Aida) | Giovanni Cacioppo (Aldo) | Laura Adriani (Maddalena) | Mehdi Meskar (Alì) | Paola Casella (Addolorata) | Massimo De Lorenzo (Don Mario) | Nunzia Schiano (Madre di Bilal) | Giovanni Esposito (Segretario Vescovo) | Roberto Herlitzka (Vescovo) | Mounir Echchaoui (Amed) | Imad Nazih (Mounir) | Giuseppe Fiale (Lupo) | Nicolò Adelmann (Cicillo) | Renato Tartaglia (Tartaglia) | Grazia Daddario (Gilda) | Guglielmo Favilla (segreteria telefonica del Papa (voice)) |
