Our Lady of the Turks (1968)

Original title

Nostra signora dei turchi

Directed by

Carmelo Bene

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h 05m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker reflects on his past and his art through a series of fragmented and stylized scenes. The film is based on a stage play and blurs the line between performance and reality.

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What happens

Nostra Signora dei Turchi (internationally released as Our Lady of the Turks) is a 1968 Italian drama film. It is the feature film debut of Carmelo Bene and it is based on a stage play by the same Bene. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 1968 Venice Film Festival. The film was shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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