Per grazia ricevuta (1971)

Director:

Nino Manfredi

Writers:

Leonardo Benvenuti (dialogue)
Piero De Bernardi (dialogue)

Release Date:

18 May 1972 (Hungary)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Italian Comedy | Commedia All'italiana | Italy

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Nino Manfredi	...	Benedetto Parisi
Lionel Stander	...	Oreste Micheli
Delia Boccardo	...	Giovanna Micheli
Paola Borboni	...	Immacolata
Mario Scaccia	...	Priore
Fausto Tozzi	...	Primario
Mariangela Melato	...	Maestrina
Tano Cimarosa	...	Zi'Checco
Gastone Pescucci	...	Avvoxato
Alfredo Bianchini
Enrico Concutelli
Paolo Armeni
Véronique Vendell	...	La prostituta
Gianni Rizzo
Pino Patti

Also Known As:

Between Miracles (USA)

Runtime:

122 min | Argentina:120 min | Spain:120 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Chile:18

Filming Locations:

Fontana Liri, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Rizzoli Film

Trivia:

The name of Lionel Stander's character "Oreste" is a tribute to the journalist Oreste Del Buono, who was the first to believe in the directorial project of Nino Manfredi.

Nothing frightens me more than religion at my door.(John Cale)

Nino Manfredi was an actor who made interesting flicks :"pane e cioccolate" is probably the most memorable.

"Per grazia ricevuta" might be less palatable for a mainstream audience.Actually ,it will mainly appeal to people who were brought up catholics (and changed totally afterward) .The precedent user wrote about his "confirmation day" actually it's his "solemn communion " day.This is minor quibble:the scene when the boy chokes on host is a very funny metaphor .

A man tried to take his own life and is rushed to the hospital where he remembers scenes of the past ,most of them dealing with religion.

The first flashback is the best of all:any viewer who 's been through it all,Sunday school,pious pictures,bigotry,the first time you've gone to confession ,will go for a ride in the Time Machine.Manfredi spices his memories with dark irony:the auntie telling her nephew that her night visitor (her lover) was certainly the village's favorite saint.

The rest is more uneven but if you really want to know WHAT the Extreme-Unction is and WHY catholics do it ,it's the movie you've got to see.Manfredi draws an interesting parallel between the priest's and the doctor's gestures.Another strong scene is the " wedding" which echoes to the communion sequence.

An interesting work ,but you've got to have an interest in religion to fully appreciate it.