Our Lady of the Turks

To the protagonist, an intellectual so feverish that he seems pathologically unrecoverable, a confused memory resurfaces of a massacre carried out by the Turks in Otranto. Immersing himself in one of the victims, in the unconscious desire to eviscerate himself, a woman appears to him, Margherita, who, in the guise of Santa Maria d'Otranto, treats him with compassionate love.

19682h 4m6.3Movie

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Overview

To the protagonist, an intellectual so feverish that he seems pathologically unrecoverable, a confused memory resurfaces of a massacre carried out by the Turks in Otranto. Immersing himself in one of the victims, in the unconscious desire to eviscerate himself, a woman appears to him, Margherita, who, in the guise of Santa Maria d'Otranto, treats him with compassionate love. In the hallucinating succession of memories intertwined with historical events, the protagonist finds himself in contact with his environment, his land, his country.

Cast

Carmelo Bene
Carmelo Bene
The Protagonist
Lydia Mancinelli
Lydia Mancinelli
Saint Margareth
Salvatore Siniscalchi
Salvatore Siniscalchi
The Publisher
Anita Masini
Anita Masini
Holy Mary / The Woman
Ornella Ferrari
Ornella Ferrari
The Maidservant
Vincenzo Musso
Vincenzo Musso
Man Running in the Street

Trailer

Nostra signora dei turchi - Trailer originale

Genres