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A heart-warming story set in the 16th century. It is wartime and the friars of a humble monastery find a baby on the doorsteps of a home in ruins. They lovingly raise the baby and name him Marcellino. When he turns 6 years old, a wealthy count sees him & believes him to be his lost son, born to his beloved late wife, so the count & his new wife take Marcellino home to live with them. While the count’s home offers luxury, it lacks warmth and the comfort of a loving mother which Marcellino so desires. When the count’s expectations of the boy contradict his tender nature Marcellino runs away to seek the comfort of his gentle friars. A search for the boy ensues and a very sick Marcellino is later found by the friars. Fearing that the count’s men will discover Marcellino has returned to the monastery, the friars hide him in a loft with a large crucifix. While recovering, a miracle occurs as Marcellino finds comfort and a “special friend” in the man on the crucifix – the man who ultimately gives him the desire of his heart.
Original Release
12/19/1991
Cast
Name | Character |
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Didier Benureau | Frate Ilario / Friar Ilario |
Sergio Bini Bustric | Frate Giocondo / Friar Giocondo |
Alberto Cracco | Frate Eusebio / Brother Eusebio |
Fernando Fernán Gómez | Il priore / The prior |
Ernesto Lama | Frate Campanaro / Brother Campanaro |
Thierry Nenez | Frate Portinaio / Friar Caretaker |
Lucio Romero | Frate Filippo / Brother Philip |
Francesco Scali | Frate Girolamo / Brother Jerome |
Francesco Siciliano | Il pittore / The painter |
Yves Verhoeven | Frate Teodoro / Brother Theodore |
Directors
Writers
Luigi Comencini, Ennio De Concini, José María Sánchez Silva
Cast
Name | Character |
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Didier Benureau | Frate Ilario / Friar Ilario |
Sergio Bini Bustric | Frate Giocondo / Friar Giocondo |
Alberto Cracco | Frate Eusebio / Brother Eusebio |
Fernando Fernán Gómez | Il priore / The prior |
Ernesto Lama | Frate Campanaro / Brother Campanaro |
Thierry Nenez | Frate Portinaio / Friar Caretaker |
Lucio Romero | Frate Filippo / Brother Philip |
Francesco Scali | Frate Girolamo / Brother Jerome |
Francesco Siciliano | Il pittore / The painter |
Yves Verhoeven | Frate Teodoro / Brother Theodore |
Roberto Herlitzka | Il precettore |
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu | Il conte |
Alfredo Landa | Frate Pappina / Brother Pappina |
Ida Di Benedetto | La contessa |
Nicolo Paolucci | Marcellino |
Teresa Checa Martínez | 1e Contadina Natale |
Kewin Colomaloni | Manuel |
Quentin de Fouchécour | 1 Contadino mercato |
Claudia Desideri | Marcellino neonato |
Sergio Forcina | Armigero |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mario Cotone | Executive Producer |