L'udienza (1972)

Director:

Marco Ferreri

Writers:

Marco Ferreri (story), Rafael Azcona (story),

Stars:

Enzo Jannacci, Claudia Cardinale, Ugo Tognazzi

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Enzo Jannacci	...	Amedeo
Claudia Cardinale	...	Aiche
Ugo Tognazzi	...	Aureliano Diaz
Michel Piccoli	...	Padre Amerin
Vittorio Gassman	...	Principe Donati
Alain Cuny	...	Padre gesuita
Daniele Dublino	...	Il cardinale spagnolo
Sigelfrido Rossi
Irena Oberberg	...	Luisa (as Irene Oberberg)
Maalerer Bergier	...	Cardinale tedesco (as Man Lerer Bergier)
Dante Cleri
Luigi Scavran
Giuseppe Ravenna	...	Segretaria
Mario Jannilli	...	Una guardia svizzera
Enzo Mondino	...	Prelate explaining the rules during the Audience

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

perversion | psychoanalysis | sex | riot | cult director | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian French Latin

Release Date:

31 March 1972 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Papal Audience

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vides Cinematografica, Les Films Ariane

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

A quite serious and enigmatic Ferreri film, before his post-Grande Bouffe period.

This film somehow mixes the red tape nightmares depicted by Kafka with the Catholic church's man made organization and hierarchy in today's corporate world, making vis a vis contact with authorities impossible. Apart from the intrigue, this film has Ferreri directing his most dramatic film since "El Cochecito" (Spain, 1960), where his ability to create emotional conflict intermingles with his more satiric and absurdity touch, A facet that's is very interesting to explore, given that his output post-Grade Bouffe is his body of work that most Ferrei enthusiasts are familiar with. I would argue that this film, along with "Chiedo Asilo" (Italy, 1979) are films that explore Utopian gestures borne of the everyday Utopian man, as it faces the brick wall of bureaucracy and normality and convention. Walking the fine line cinema as "theater of the absurd" of the path explored by Buñuel, Raul Ruiz, Arrabal, Jodorowsky and many others, Ferreri champions (the dadaist-inspired) path less traveled in cinema.