Our Lady of the Turks

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Our Lady of the Turks (1968)

Directed by Carmelo Bene

“Being a saint means losing control”

Fantasy, Drama · 2h 04m

To the protagonist, an intellectual so feverish that he seems pathologically unrecoverable, a confused memory resurfaces of a massacre carried out by the Turks in Otranto. Immersing himself in one of the victims, in the unconscious desire to eviscerate himself, a woman appears to him, Margherita, who, in the guise of Santa Maria d'Otranto, treats him with compassionate love. In the hallucinating succession of memories intertwined with historical events, the protagonist finds himself in contact with his environment, his land, his country.

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Cast

Carmelo Bene The Protagonist Lydia Mancinelli Saint Margareth
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Salvatore Siniscalchi The Publisher
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Anita Masini Holy Mary / The Woman
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Ornella Ferrari The Maidservant
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Vincenzo Musso Man Running in the Street

Crew

Director
Carmelo Bene
Writer
Carmelo Bene
Novel
Carmelo Bene
Editor
Mauro Contini
Producer
Carmelo Bene, Giorgio Patara

Details

Original title
Nostra signora dei turchi
Release date
1968-09-03
Runtime
2h 04m
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
Italy
Production
Patara