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Our Lady of the Turks 1968 Directed by Carmelo Bene Nostra signora dei turchi

To the protagonist, an intellectual so feverish that he seems pathologically unrecoverable, a confused memory resurfaces of a massacre carried out by the Turks in Otranto. Immersing himself in one of the victims, in the unconscious desire to eviscerate himself, a woman appears to him, Margherita, who, in the guise of Santa Maria d'Otranto, treats him with compassionate love. In the hallucinating succession of memories intertwined with historical events, the protagonist finds himself in contact with his environment, his land, his country.

Country Italy
Production Country Italy
Language Italian
Spoken Language Italian
Gnere Drama
Production Company Patara
Release Date 3 September 1968
124 mins
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Carmelo Bene The Protagonist
Lydia Mancinelli Saint Margareth
Salvatore Siniscalchi The Publisher
Anita Masini Holy Mary / The Woman
Ornella Ferrari The Maidservant
Vincenzo Musso Man Running in the Street
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