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Little World of Don Camillo (1952)

Little World of Don Camillo poster
Original title
Don Camillo
Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Genre
comedy film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
12
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 315 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A friendly priest and a communist mayor clash in a small Italian town. Their rivalry is full of good-natured tricks and arguments.

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What happens

The Little World of Don Camillo (Italian: Don Camillo; French: Le Petit Monde de don Camillo) is a 1952 French–Italian film directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi. It was the first film in the "Don Camillo" series, which made Fernandel an international star. The film was based on the novel Don Camillo by Italian author Giovannino Guareschi. It was followed in 1953 by The Return of Don Camillo, also directed by Duvivier. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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