1972 · drama · history
St. Michael Had a Rooster
Directed by Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani1h 30m1972
Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Giulio Manieri holds on to his political ideals while struggling against madness in the loneliness of his prison cell.
Our read: St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / history, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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