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The Monk of Monza
ITALY · 1963

The Monk of Monza

Sergio Corbucci
family on the run poverty and survival search for shelter unlikely friendships rural italy
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Synopsis

Pasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy and generous awning. Having met on the way impoverished peasant, Pasquale takes him also, having granted the rank of "Half-Monk" and thus having gained rustic, but a reliable friend.

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