Il profeta
Directed byDino Risi
Written byRuggero Maccari
Ettore Scola
Dino Risi
Produced byMario Cecchi Gori
StarringVittorio Gassman Ann-Margret
CinematographyAlessandro D'Eva
Music byArmando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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 Monte Soratte, 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

Production

It was one of several films Ann-Margret made in Europe around this time.[3]

References

  1. ^ Edoardo Zaccagnini. I "mostri" al lavoro!: contadini, operai, commendatori ed impiegati nella commedia all'italiana. Sovera Edizioni, 2009. ISBN 8881247909.
  2. ^ Vice (March 10, 1968). ""Il profeta": Gassman si fa barbone per protesta contro la vita moderna". La Stampa. p. 7.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (September 6, 2021). "Surviving Cold Streaks: Ann-Margret". Filmink. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

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Films directed by Dino Risi
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