MENOCCHIO THE HERETIC

By Alberto FASULO

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Drama - Completed 2018

Italy, late 16th century, the Church, threatened by the Protestants, unleashes the Inquisition. Menocchio, an old, stubborn, self-educated miller oppose the new order. Accused of heresy, he ignores the pleadings and stands trial. The story of a man incapable of betraying his own principles.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2018
European Cinema
Copenhagen CPH PIX 2018
New World Views
Locarno 2018
Main Competition
Annecy Cinema Italien 2018
Annecy Cinema Italien Award
Goteborg IFF 2019
Five Continents
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, Historical, Art - Culture
    • Countries
    • ITALY, ROMANIA
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 104 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alberto FASULO
    • Writer(s)
    • Enrico VECCHI, Alberto FASULO
    • Producer(s)
    • Nadia TREVISAN (Nefertiti Film), Bogdan CRACIUN (HAI-HUI ENTERTAINMENT)
    • Synopsis
    • Italy, late 16th century. The Roman Catholic Church, feeling threatened in its hegemony by the Protestant reform movement, unleashes the first systematic state war for the total mind control. The new confessional, designed in these very years, is transformed from a space for the consolation of souls to a tribunal of thought. Eavesdropping, spying and denunciation of neighbors are made mandatory, on the pain of excommunication, prison or the pyre. Menocchio, the old, stubborn, self-educated miller of a small village lost in the mountains of Friuli decides to oppose the new order. Accused of heresy, he ignores the pleading of friends and family. Instead of fleeing or standing down, he stands trial. He is not only tired of violence, abuse, taxes and injustice. Menocchio is genuinely convinced that as a man, he is the equal of any bishop, the inquisitors, and even the Pope and hopes, feels and believes he can reconvert them to an ideal of poverty and love.