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The Mass Is Ended

The Mass Is Ended

His hopes shattered, now it is time for another place...

1985•1h 34m•7.4/10
DramaComedy

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7.4/10(144)

The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his friends, but discovers that many of them are depressed or frustrated, and some suicidal.

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Production

Faso Film

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti

Don Giulio

Ferruccio De Ceresa

Ferruccio De Ceresa

Padre di Don Giulio

Margarita Lozano

Margarita Lozano

madre di Don Giulio

Marco Messeri

Marco Messeri

Saverio

Vincenzo Salemme

Vincenzo Salemme

Andrea

Dario Cantarelli

Dario Cantarelli

Gianni

Roberto Vezzosi

Roberto Vezzosi

Cesare

Enrica Maria Modugno

Enrica Maria Modugno

Valentina

Giovanni Buttafava

Giovanni Buttafava

l'avvocato

Luisa De Santis

Luisa De Santis

Lucia

Pietro De Vico

Pietro De Vico

frate

Eugenio Masciari

Eugenio Masciari

Antonio

Anna Cesareni

Sandro De Santis

Mauro Fabretti

Simone

Antonella Fattori

Antonella Fattori

Astrid

Umberto Bellissimo

Massimo Milazzo

Bianca Pesce

Silvia

Oreste Rotundo

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