A Virgin Named Mary (1975)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Sergio Nasca

Synopsis

A second coming? This time our savior chose a shantytown outside Turin, in the north of Italy, overcrowded by poor families coming from the south in search of a job in a factory, or less legal ways to survive. Young Maria (Cinzia De Carolis) can predict the future during her epileptic seizures, or at least that's what everyone believes, and her mother (Clelia Matania) sells her predictions and responses to the superstitious neighbors, after inducing her "trance" with electricity. One night the shock is too strong, and Maria seems to die: when she wakes up, she is found pregnant. And being a honest unmarried girl from the south, she is obviously still virgin... Notwithstanding the opposition of the local priest (Turi Ferro), everyone, including her, believes in the miracle, and prepares for a second coming, in a crescendo of fanaticism that is soon noticed by the press, and by the official church..

Actors

Turi Ferro
Turi Ferro
Don Vito
Andréa Ferréol
Andréa Ferréol
Maddalena
Alvaro Vitali
Alvaro Vitali
Rocco
Renato Pinciroli
Renato Pinciroli
Giuseppe
Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Trieste
Nicola
Enzo Cannavale
Enzo Cannavale
Simone
Jean Louis
Jean Louis
Luca
Tino Carraro
Tino Carraro
Il vescovo
Giampiero Vinciguerra
Giampiero Vinciguerra
Prospero
Dada Gallotti
Dada Gallotti
Giorgio Iovine
Giorgio Iovine
Giorgio Iovine
Nicola Di Pinto
Nicola Di Pinto
Antonella Fasano
Antonella Fasano
Giancarlo Badessi
Giancarlo Badessi
Renato Chiantoni
Renato Chiantoni
Francesco D'Adda
Francesco D'Adda
Francesco D'Adda
Elena De Maggi
Elena De Maggi
Anna Maria Dossena
Anna Maria Dossena
Giovanni Febraro
Giovanni Febraro
Valentino Macchi
Valentino Macchi
Marco Mariani
Marco Mariani
Marino Masé
Marino Masé
Nelly Namiach
Nelly Namiach
Franco Pesce
Franco Pesce
Sergio Sinceri
Sergio Sinceri
Clelia Matania
Clelia Matania
Anna

Crews

Glenn Saxson
Glenn Saxson
Producer
Sergio Nasca
Sergio Nasca
Director
Sergio Nasca
Sergio Nasca
Writer
Giuseppe Aquari
Giuseppe Aquari
Director of Photography
Sante Maria Romitelli
Sante Maria Romitelli
Original Music Composer