Basic Info
Release: January 01, 1965
Status: Released
Il male di San Donato
1965
Overview
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.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- Italy
Spoken Languages
- Italian it
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Luigi Di Gianni
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