
Holy Goalie(2018)
A young priest coaches a team of uncoordinated monks in order to win a soccer tournament and save their monastery from being turned into a hotel.


To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.

Silvio Orlando
Gianni Dubois

Giuseppe Battiston
Ramiro

Kasia Smutniak
Caterina

Marco Messeri
Del Ghianda

Maria Paiato
Helga

Fausto Russo Alesi
Pippo

Cristiana Capotondi
Flaminia Sbarbato

Stefania Sandrelli
Sindachella
Corrado Guzzanti
Abbruscati

Cosimo Messeri
Il pianista
La passione is a comedy film released in 2010 exploring themes of religion, small city. Directed by Carlo Mazzacurati, it stars Silvio Orlando, Giuseppe Battiston, Kasia Smutniak. To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
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