Three well-off young men—former students at Rome’s prestigious all-boys Catholic high school San Leone Magno—brutally tortured, raped, and murdered two young women in 1975. The event, which came to be known as the Circeo massacre, shocked and captivated the country, exposing the violence and dark underbelly of the upper middle class at a moment when the traditional structures of family and religion were seen as under threat.
Benedetta Porcaroli
Donatella Colasanti
Giulio Pranno
Andrea Ghira
Emanuele Maria Di Stefano
Edoardo Albinati
Giulio Fochetti
Alessandro Arbus
Leonardo Ragazzini
Salvatore Izzo
Alessandro Cantalini
Picchiatello Martirolo
Andrea Lintozzi
Gioacchino Rummo
Guido Quaglione
Stefano Jervi
Federica Torchetti
Rosaria Lopez
Luca Vergoni
Angelo Izzo
The Catholic School is a drama film released in 2021 exploring themes of rape, based on novel or book, rape and murder. Directed by Stefano Mordini, it stars Benedetta Porcaroli, Giulio Pranno, Emanuele Maria Di Stefano. Three well-off young men—former students at Rome’s prestigious all-boys Catholic high school San Leone Magno—brutally tortured, raped, and murdered two young women in 1975. The event, which came to be known as the Circeo massacre, shocked and captivated the country, exposing the violence and dark underbelly of the upper middle class at a moment when the traditional structures of family and religion were seen as under threat.
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