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The Mass Is Ended is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Nanni Moretti with Nanni Moretti
The Mass Is Ended (1985)
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Add to a movie listThe Mass Is Ended (Italian: La messa è finita) is a 1985 Italian comedy film, written, starring and directed by Nanni Moretti.
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The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his friends, but discovers that many of them are depressed or frustrated, some of them suicidally so. Father Giulio determines to leave again, but his stopped parents convince him to perform the wedding ceremony for his friend Caesar and his fiancee. Don Giulio rushes through the ceremony and then away from Rome. Once away from the city, he immediately regains happiness.Actors
Nanni Moretti
(Don Giulio)
Marco Messeri
(Saverio)
Pietro De Vico
(frate)
Margarita Lozano
(madre di Don Giulio)
Vincenzo Salemme
(Andrea)
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