''Il profeta'' (internationally released as ''Mr. Kinky'' and ''The Prophet'') is a 1968 Italian

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directed by

Dino Risi Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy, and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''. Biography Risi was born in Milan. He had an ...

Plot

Pietro Breccia (

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) is a man who has long decided to abandon civilization, becoming a

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, leaving behind the strain of modern life and the futility of consumer society, living for years in seclusion on Monte Soratte, near

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. One day he is discovered by a TV crew that, sniffing the scoop, film a report about him. From that moment, against his will, he gets sucked into civilization.

Cast

: Pietro Breccia, the hermit * Ann-Margret: Maggie, a hippy *

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: Albertina, Puccio's sister * Fiorenzo Fiorentini: Luigi * Oreste Lionello: Puccio, Breccia's manager * Enzo Robutti: Alberto * Yvonne Sanson: Carla Bagni * Carmen Villani

Production

It was one of several films Ann-Margret made in Europe around this time.

References

External links

* 1968 films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Dino Risi Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari Films scored by Armando Trovajoli 1968 comedy films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films Italian-language comedy films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub