MENOCCHIO THE HERETIC
synopsis
Italy. Late 1500s, counter-reformation – the genesis of the battle between the power of the Church of Rome and the local authorities. The battlefield is the conscience of the faithful and the instrument is confession. The objective: total control over the soul, more so even than the body. Nothing, absolutely nothing must escape the ears of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, not even heresy pronounced by a miller in a little village in the middle of nowhere in the north of Friuli at the foot of the, ironically named, “Spy Mountain”. Arrested, tried and sentenced to life in prison for having thought and said things like “loving one’s neighbor is a more important dictate than loving God,” Menocchio withstands his trial without betraying anybody. He survives two years in prison and is released seriously ill, but he heals, works, fights, loves, suffers and lives… until Pope Clemente VIII himself orders him arrested again, and executed.
international title: | Menocchio the Heretic |
original title: | Menocchio |
country: | Italy, Romania |
sales agent: | Intramovies |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Alberto Fasulo |
film run: | 103' |
release date: | IT 8/11/2018, FR 17/04/2019 |
screenplay: | Alberto Fasulo, Enrico Vecchi |
cast: | Marcello Martini, Maurizio Fanin, Carlo Baldracchi, Nilla Patrizio, Emanuele Bertossi, Agnese Fior, Mirko Artuso, Giuseppe Scarfì, David Wilkinson, Roberto Dellai, Roberta Potrich |
cinematography by: | Alberto Fasulo |
film editing: | Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima |
art director: | Anton Spazzapan |
costumes designer: | Viorica Petrovici |
music: | Paolo Forte |
producer: | Nadia Trevisan, Bogdan Crăciun |
production: | Nefertiti Film srl, RAI Cinema, Hai-Hui Entertainment |
backing: | Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission (IT), Trentino Film Commission (IT) |
distributor: | Nefertiti Film, Rouge Distribution |