The Mass Is Ended

The Mass Is Ended (Italian: La messa è finita) is a 1985 Italian comedy film, written, starring and directed by Nanni Moretti.

The Mass Is Ended
Directed by	Nanni Moretti
Written by	Nanni Moretti Sandro Petraglia
Produced by	Achille Manzotti
Starring	Nanni Moretti
Cinematography	Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Mirco Garrone
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Release date	15 November 1985 (1985-11-15)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, 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

• Nanni Moretti: don Giulio
• Marco Messeri: Saverio
• Ferruccio De Ceresa: Giulio's father
• Enrica Maria Modugno: Valentina, Giulio's sister
• Eugenio Masciari: Eugenio
• Luisa De Santis: Luisa De Santis, Eugenio's wife
• Margarita Lozano: Giulio's mother
• Roberto Vezzosi: Cesare
• Vincenzo Salemme: Andrea
• Dario Cantarelli: Gianni
• Mauro Fabretti: Simone
• Giovanni Buttafava: a lawyer

Accolades

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

External links

• La messa è finita at IMDb