Completed - ITALIAN - Horror - 83 minutes
A tribute to the horror classics from the 70's and 80's by the Italian master Pupi Avati.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Pupi AVATI
Italy, 1950s. A fourteen-years-old boy, Carlo, killed Emilio, a disabled guy hosted by the local priest.The Italian Ministry of Interior wants to clarify what happened. The relation between the politicalinstitutions and the Church is tense. The ruling Christian party needs to protect the Church to keepits power. Carlo, the young murderer, talks about the Devil and accuses a nun of instigating himto kill his victim, Emilio. Carlo believes that Emilio caused the death of Paolino, Carlo’s best friend,two years earlier. Carlo wants to bring Paolino back from the land of the dead. By trying to do so,Carlo kills Emilio thinking he is an incarnation of the devil.
Country(ies) : ITALY
Thessaloniki IFF 2019 Film Market FilmsVentana Sur 2019 European Films