Il profeta

Il profeta
Directed by	Dino Risi
Written by	Ruggero Maccari Ettore Scola Dino Risi
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring	Vittorio Gassman
Cinematography
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Release date	1968 (1968)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Il profeta (internationally released as Mr. Kinky and The Prophet) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.^[1]

Plot[]

Pietro Breccia (Vittorio Gassman) is a man who has long decided to abandon civilization, becoming a hermit, leaving behind the strain of modern life and the futility of consumer society, living for years in seclusion on , near Rome. One day he is discovered by a TV crew that, sniffing the scoop, film a report about him. From that moment, against his will, he gets sucked into civilization.^[2]

Cast[]

• Vittorio Gassman: Pietro Breccia, the hermit
• Ann-Margret: Maggie, a hippy
• Liana Orfei: Albertina, Puccio's sister
• Fiorenzo Fiorentini: Luigi
• Oreste Lionello: Puccio, Breccia's manager
• Enzo Robutti: Alberto
• Yvonne Sanson: Carla Bagni
• Carmen Villani

Reception[]

Helped by the accurate Ettore Scola, it's one of those movies from the master of Italian comedies to re-discover absolutely. Exquisite, swinging, smart, this film appeared to be an hilarious mirror of some of the most pregnant clichés of the occidental modernity. But it remains underrated and unknown, especially because there is no releases in DVD and Blu-ray.

References[]

External links[]

• Il profeta at IMDb

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