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Il male di San Donato

Plot: 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
Release Date: Friday, January 1 1964
60 years ago
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Portrait of Luigi Di GianniLuigi Di GianniLuigi Di Gianni was 38 in Il male di San Donato as 'Director'
Birthday: Wed, Oct 20 1926 –
Fri, May 10 2019
Portrait of Giuliana BettojaGiuliana BettojaGiuliana Bettoja was >> in Il male di San Donato as 'Editor'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Egisto MacchiEgisto MacchiEgisto Macchi was 36 in Il male di San Donato as 'Music'
Birthday: Sat, Aug 04 1928 –
Tue, Aug 04 1992
Portrait of Maurizio SalvatoriMaurizio SalvatoriMaurizio Salvatori was >> in Il male di San Donato as 'Cinematography'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday