A Virgin Named Mary

Overview

A second coming? This time our savior chose a shantytown outside Turin, in the north of Italy, overcrowded by poor families coming from the south in search of a job in a factory, or less legal ways to survive. Young Maria (Cinzia De Carolis) can predict the future during her epileptic seizures, or at least that's what everyone believes, and her mother (Clelia Matania) sells her predictions and responses to the superstitious neighbors, after inducing her "trance" with electricity. One night the shock is too strong, and Maria seems to die: when she wakes up, she is found pregnant. And being a honest unmarried girl from the south, she is obviously still virgin... Notwithstanding the opposition of the local priest (Turi Ferro), everyone, including her, believes in the miracle, and prepares for a second coming, in a crescendo of fanaticism that is soon noticed by the press, and by the official church..

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 11, 1975

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy, France

Production

Viaduc Productions,Baal Productions

Cast

Enzo Cannavale,Dada Gallotti,Turi Ferro,Andréa Ferréol,Giovanni Febraro,Elena De Maggi,Sergio Sinceri,Giampiero Vinciguerra,Valentino Macchi,Jean Louisand 17 more

Director

Sergio Nasca

Writer

Sergio Nasca

Producer

Glenn Saxson

Cinematography

Giuseppe Aquari

Music

Sante Maria Romitelli

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0073339