MENOCCHIO THE HERETIC

MENOCCHIO

Director

  • ALBERTO FASULO

Genre

  • BIOGRAPHICAL
  • DRAMA
  • HISTORICAL

Running Time

  • 103 min.

Year of production

  • 2018

Status

  • Completed

Photograpy

  • Colour

Screening format

  • DCP
  • Prores

HD Available

  • Yes

Synopsis

Italy, late 16th century. The Roman Catholic Church, feeling threatened in its hegemony by the Protestant reform movement, unleashes the first systematic state war for the total mind control. The new confessional, designed in these very years, is transformed from a space for the consolation of souls to a tribunal of thought. Eavesdropping, spying and denunciation of neighbors are made mandatory, on the pain of excommunication, prison or the pyre. Menocchio, the old, stubborn, self-educated miller of a small village lost in the mountains of Friuli decides to oppose the new order. Accused of heresy, he ignores the pleading of friends and family. Instead of fleeing or standing down, he stands trial. He is not only tired of violence, abuse, taxes and injustice. Menocchio is genuinely convinced that as a man, he is the equal of any bishop, the inquisitors, and even the Pope and hopes, feels and believes he can reconvert them to an ideal of poverty and love.


Cast

  • MARCELLO MARTINI
  • MAURIZIO FANIN
  • CARLO BALDRACCHI
  • NILLA PATRIZIO

Cinematography

  • ALBERTO FASULO

Editing

  • JOHANNES HIROSHI NAKAJIMA

Costumes

  • VIORICA PETROVICI

Original score

  • PAOLO FORTE

Art director

  • ANTON ŠPACAPAN VONCINA

Category

  • Feature Films

Country

  • ITALY
  • ROMANIA

Shooting Language

  • ITALIAN

Screenplay

  • ENRICO VECCHI
  • ALBERTO FASULO

Producer

  • Nadia Trevisan

Production Company

  • Nefertiti Film
  • Hai-Hui Entertainment
  • Rai Cinema

Festival and Awards

  • Locarno Festival 2018 - Competition
  • Annecy Cinema Italien 2018 - Annecy Cinema Italien Award
  • Copenhagen CPH PIX 2018 - New World Views
  • Goteborg Film Festival 2019 - Five Continents
  • Transilvania International Film Festival - Ora de Religie

Photograpy

  • Colour

Screening format

  • DCP
  • Prores

HD Available

  • Yes
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