2002 | Italy | Fiction

L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre) (My Mother's Smile)

  • Italian English, French 105 mins
  • Director | Marco Bellocchio
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Sergio Pelone, Marco Bellocchio

STATUS: Released

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“If God is everywhere, how can we be free?” Ernesto, a fervent atheist, is invited to reconsider his position when a Church dignitary tells him that his family is attempting to get his late mother—whom he hated—canonised. Through the use of fiction, L’ora di religione is an exploration of the archaisms of contemporary Italy and a vow of sedition against its moral conformism.

Hypocrisy Family Atheism Canonization Confrontation
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