A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.
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| Fernandel | ... | Don Camillo | |
| Gino Cervi | ... | Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi | |
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Vera Talchi | ... | Gina Filotti (as Vera Talqui) |
| Franco Interlenghi | ... | Mariolino della Bruciata | |
| Sylvie | ... | Signora Cristina | |
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Charles Vissières | ... | Il Vescovo (as Charles Vissiere) |
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Clara Auteri Pepe | ... | Woman saying 'Viva Peppone!' (as Clara Auteri) |
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Italo Clerici | ... | Barchini |
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Peppino De Martino | ... | Assessor |
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Carlo Duse | ... | Il Bigio |
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Manuel Gary | ... | Il delegato (as Manoel Gary) |
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Leda Gloria | ... | Signora Bottazzi |
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Luciano Manara | ... | Filotti |
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Armando Migliari | ... | Brusco della Bruciata |
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Giovanni Onorato | ... | Scartazzini |
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In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are as hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of their heart. Written by Jean-Marie Berthiaume <jiembe@videotron.ca>
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Don Camillo: Peppone had two. I think I took it without asking him. You know he believes in equal distribution of wealth.
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Crocefisso: Where did you get that cigar, Camillo?Don Camillo: Peppone had two. I think I took it without asking him. You know he believes in equal distribution of wealth.
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This movie is so much fun to watch! Tells us the story of Don Camillo, a Roman Catholic priest in a small Italian parish. Life in the village is change forever when Peppone, the communist mayor, is elected. The two are put one against the other. And what follows is a wacky list of situations! What I like most about this movie, it's the simple way it puts things. You can actually believe that this village exists and that what's being told in the movie really happened.
Fernandel is great as Don Camillo, the hot-headed priest. And Gino Cervi shines in the role of Peppone. See this one, you won't regret it. Fun from beginning to end!
Out of 100, I gave it 87. That's good for ***½ out of ****.
Seen at home, in Toronto, on September 1st, 2002.