In the Name of the Father

Overview

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.

Directed by Marco Bellocchio

Top cast

Yves Beneyton

Angelo Transeunti

Renato Scarpa

Father Corazza

Piero Vida

Bestia

A

Aldo Sassi

Franco

Lou Castel

Salvatore, a servant

Laura Betti

Franco's Mother

Simone Carella

Servant

M

Marco Romizi

Camma

A

Amerigo Alberani

Prefect Diotaiuti

Gérard Boucaron

Bocciofili

Edoardo Torricella

Father Matematicus

T

Tino Maestroni

Tino

Gisella Burinato

Lisetta

L

Luisa Di Gaetano

Virgin of our Relief

C

Claudio Besestri

Muscolo

Livio Galassi

Marsilio

Orazio Stracuzzi

Remondini

Christian Aligny

The Rector

G

Gianni Schicchi

Ghiaccio

Guerrino Crivello

inserviente Beato

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