The Seminarian ( Il seminarista )

The Seminarian (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Il seminarista
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Gabriele Cecconi

Written By:
Gabriele Cecconi

Actors:
Francesco Tasselli
Giorgio De Giorgi
Gianluigi Tosto
Gianfelice D'Accolti
Filippo Massellucci
Andrea Pelagalli
Marco Nanni
Andrea Anastasio
Andrea Cerofolini
Gianmarco Dolfi
Stefania D'Amore
Michela Parzanese
Giulia Anastasio
Emanuele Biagi
Luigi Bacci

Synopsis:

Italy, 1959. A ten-year-old boy called Guido enters a Catholic seminary, fascinated by the idea of becoming a priest. He quickly understands that in order to be a good seminarian he has to submit to an ascetic and unnatural training, consisting in mortification of the flesh, obsession with sin and repression of one's sexual instincts and desires. Guido finds himself up against a deeply hierarchical system, where strict observance of rules and blind obedience to superiors are taught. A system in which thinking for oneself is forbidden. It always happens when the demands of the individual are in conflict with the self-preservation of the Establishment. Moreover, the devotional rites that are practised at the seminary focus on the obsessive repetition of ritual and prayers, the catechistic indoctrination and leave the 'love for one's neighbour' teaching aside, especially regarding the needy. Guido instead will hold dear the practice of fraternal love and throughout the course of his childhood and early adulthood he will share good and bad times with his fellow seminarians and dearest friends until a series of unforeseeable events will lead him to learn a bitter truth: life as he imagined it is not what it seems and, in order to save face, immorality can be hidden and tolerated.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 26 October, 2014.