''The Mass Is Ended'' ( it, La messa è finita) is a 1985 Italian comedy film, written, starring and directed by

Nanni Moretti Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the ...

Plot

The young priest Father Giulio returns to

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, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his friends, but discovers that many of them are depressed or frustrated, some of them suicidally so. Father Giulio determines to leave again, but his parents convince him to perform the wedding ceremony for his friend Caesar and his fiancée. Don Giulio rushes through the ceremony and then away from Rome. Once away from the city, he immediately regains happiness.

Cast

: don Giulio *

Marco Messeri Marco Messeri (born 15 December 1948) is an Italian actor, comedian, stage director, singer-songwriter and voice actor. Life and career Born in Livorno, Messeri studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and acting at the drama s ...

: Saverio * Ferruccio De Ceresa: Giulio's father *

Enrica Maria Modugno Enrica Maria Modugno (born 5 August 1958 in Rome) is an Italian actress. She is most noted for her roles in Brothers Taviani's " Kaos" (1984), '' The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita)'', for which she received a Ciak d'oro nomination for Best Ac ...

: Valentina, Giulio's sister * Eugenio Masciari: Eugenio *

Luisa De Santis Luisa (Italian and Spanish), Luísa (Portuguese) or Louise (French) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis (Luis), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig), from the Germanic elements ''hlod ...

: Luisa De Santis, Eugenio's wife *

Margarita Lozano Margarita de las Flores Lozano Jiménez (14 February 1931 – 7 February 2022) was a Spanish actress known for her career in Italian films. She worked for Luis Buñuel in '' Viridiana'', Sergio Leone in ''A Fistful of Dollars'', Pier Paolo Pas ...

: Giulio's mother * Roberto Vezzosi: Cesare * Vincenzo Salemme: Andrea *

Dario Cantarelli Dario Cantarelli (born 16 September 1945) is an Italian actor. Biography He began his acting career on stage in 1973 with Carlo Cecchi's Granteatro company, playing roles in plays by William Shakespeare (''Antony and Cleopatra''), Eduardo De Fili ...

: Gianni *

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: Simone *

Giovanni Buttafava Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

: a lawyer

Accolades

* 36th Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize, OCIC Award

References

External links

* 1985 comedy films 1985 films Films directed by Nanni Moretti 1980s Italian-language films Italian comedy films Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winners Films scored by Nicola Piovani 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-comedy-film-stub