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In the Name of the Father
In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
64
User score
44 votes
Status
Released
Released
October 12, 1971
Runtime
1h 49m
Language
Italian
Top cast
Yves Beneyton
Angelo Transeunti
Renato Scarpa
Father Corazza
Piero Vida
Bestia
Aldo Sassi
Franco
Lou Castel
Salvatore, a servant
Laura Betti
Franco's Mother
Simone Carella
Servant
Marco Romizi
Camma
Amerigo Alberani
Prefect Diotaiuti
Gérard Boucaron
Bocciofili
Edoardo Torricella
Father Matematicus
Tino Maestroni
Tino
Gisella Burinato
Lisetta
Luisa Di Gaetano
Virgin of our Relief
Claudio Besestri
Muscolo
Livio Galassi
Marsilio
Orazio Stracuzzi
Remondini
Christian Aligny
The Rector
Gianni Schicchi
Ghiaccio
Guerrino Crivello
inserviente Beato
