In the Name of the Father

IMDb 6.4 1971 • 109 min • HistoryDramaMysteryComedy

Director

Marco Bellocchio

Country

IT

Plot Summary

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.

Top Cast

Yves Beneyton
Yves Beneyton Angelo Transeunti
Renato Scarpa
Renato Scarpa Father Corazza
Piero Vida
Piero Vida Bestia
Aldo Sassi
Aldo Sassi Franco
Lou Castel
Lou Castel Salvatore, a servant