Il male di San Donato

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1965

Documentary

45 minutes

Summary

In Montesano, Salento, during the festivities held in August in honour of Saint Donatus, patron saint of epileptics and the mentally ill, the power of collective suggestion causes strange phenomena and rituals to occur. Luigi Di Gianni, master of anthropological documentary, films the worshippers with Dionysian force as they writhe and scream as if in a pagan rite, showing how the content of the Catholic liturgy succumbs to the primitive passion of popular religiosity.

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StatusReleased: 60 years ago
January 1, 1965

LanguageItaliano

Spoken LanguagesItaliano

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