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State buoni... se potete (1984)

115 min  -  Drama  -   18 December 1984 (Italy)
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Around the year 1500, the Italian priest Don Filippo Neri helps street kids and orphans in his poor little chapel... See full summary »

Director:

Luigi Magni

Writers:

Luigi Magni (screenplay), Luigi Magni (story), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Dorelli Johnny Dorelli ...
Philippe Leroy Philippe Leroy ...
Rodolfo Bigotti Rodolfo Bigotti ...
Cirifischio
Flora Carabella Flora Carabella
Giovanni Crippi Giovanni Crippi
Eurilla del Bono Eurilla del Bono ...
Leonetta (as Eurilla Del Bona)
Franco Iavarone Franco Iavarone ...
Il capitano delle guardie
Mario Adorf Mario Adorf ...
Sisto V
Renzo Montagnani Renzo Montagnani ...
Roberto Farris Roberto Farris ...
Young Cirifischio
Federica Mastroianni Federica Mastroianni ...
Young Leonetta
Iris Peynado ...
Il diavolo
Raimondo Ricci Raimondo Ricci
Gianni Franco Gianni Franco
Gianni Musy Gianni Musy
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Storyline

Around the year 1500, the Italian priest Don Filippo Neri helps street kids and orphans in his poor little chapel. He is no clergyman by the book, but a true believer in terms good and bad and he teaches this to his children. Neri is not very well-seen by the church and his only "friend" is the dry, humorless Ignatius De Loyola. But Neris real counterpart is the devil himself, working in endless incarnations in Neris direct neighborhood, trying to seduce his kids. His newest kid is the young thief Cirifischio, making a lot of problems. When Cirifischio has an argument with a young boy of a local aristocrat, the boy turns out to be a girl, the young Leonetta, some kind of a sex slave for her owner. Neri adopts her too, and the young people fall in love. 15 Years later, the devil is back and leads Cirifiscio onto a murder. Now lawless, the thief must flee Neri and leave Leonetta back... Written by Silvan Prefetzky  

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Devil | Church | Priest | Children | Vatican  | See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Filip Neri See more »

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Most of the children during the musical scenes fail to follow the song lyrics, moving their mouth out of time. See more »

Quotes

Filippo Neri: Behave yourselves, if you can. Everything else is vanity.
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Connections

Referenced in European Vacation (1985) See more »

Soundtracks

"Vanità di Vanità"
Composed by Angelo Branduardi
Performed by The Cast See more »