“This movie is not a story, but a card game. This is why the beginning is not credible, nor is the ending. You are the players. Play well and win.”
A Sicilian widow earns her living as a clairvoyant, in Milan, but she hasn't got any power at all. Her son instead holds supernatural powers and with the help of his mother he becomes a strong sorcerer. But he fails perhaps to understand the real strength he possesses inside and unbinds uncontrolled forces that lead people that surround him to go mad.
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Cast
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Lucia Bosè
Mamma
Known for
Death of a Cyclist
The Lady Without Camelias
Maurizio Degli Esposti
Son
Also in
Simona
A Girl Called Jules
Tina Aumont
Brenda
Known for
Fellini's Casanova
Torso
Renato Paracchi
Passante gay
Known for
Gestapo's Last Orgy
Gianfranco Pozzi
Giovanni Ricci
Dario Viganò
Also in
Morte a passo di valzer
Annarella De Faveri
Giulio Questi Director · Franco Arcalli Writer Berto Pisano Composer
First release April 6, 1972 · Produced in Italy
Production
Palumbo
Production
Italy
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · April 6, 1972
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No release date listed for United States.
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