The Profiteer (1974) aka Il saprofita
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy | Director: Sergio Nasca
Language: Italian | Subtitles: English (.srt file)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1 | Length: 93mn
By all accounts, this slick production aims at exposing the corruption of southern Italian Catholicism. A young seminarian who can't be ordained because of a speech impediment leaves the seminary to take a job with a wealthy baroness' crippled son. The seminarian is a lustful and mendacious rascal, but soon after taking the baroness to bed he heads off to Lourdes with the boy, ostensibly in hope of a miracle for the lad. Instead, he seduces a very devout woman who is visiting the site with her grandmother, who dies. This is just the main story. A large number of assorted sexual and other misdemeanors perpetrated by churchmen and women take place during the movie, which only barely managed to escape the ire of the Italian government censors.
The Profiteer (1974)
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