Religious Place of Worship

Religious Place of Worship

90 mins | Comedy | Dec. 7, 2016

Set on the small island of Porto Buio, the traditional live Christmas Nativity scene might not go ahead because the baby who’s always played Jesus has grown up and no new babies have been born on the island in years! With this fundamental tradition on the line, newly elected Mayor Cecco (Claudio Bisio) wants to ask the local Tunisian community to “borrow” one of their children, but there’s conflict between the two communities. Cecco enlists the help of local Islam convert Bilal (Alessandro Gassman) to cross the cultural divide… but both communities are not sure what to make of a baby Jesus that may need his nationality, and even his religion changed!

Religious Place of Worship

90 mins | Comedy | Dec. 7, 2016

Religious Place of Worship
Set on the small island of Porto Buio, the traditional live Christmas Nativity scene might not go ahead because the baby who’s always played Jesus has grown up and no new babies have been born on the island in years! With this fundamental tradition on the line, newly elected Mayor Cecco (Claudio Bisio) wants to ask the local Tunisian community to “borrow” one of their children, but there’s conflict between the two communities. Cecco enlists the help of local Islam convert Bilal (Alessandro Gassman) to cross the cultural divide… but both communities are not sure what to make of a baby Jesus that may need his nationality, and even his religion changed!
IMDb rating 4.8
Producers Cattleya, Bartlebyfilm, Rai Cinema
Original title Non c'è più religione
Directors Ilaria Schipa, Chantal Toesca, Vincenzo Mineo, Gina Neri, Luca Miniero
Writers Astutillo Smeriglia, Luca Miniero, Sandro Petraglia

Cast

Claudio Bisio

as Cecco

Alessandro Gassmann

as Marietto/Bilal

Angela Finocchiaro

as Suor Marta

Nabiha Akkari

as Aida

Laura Adriani

as Maddalena

Mehdi Meskar

as Alì

Paola Casella

as Addolorata

Massimo De Lorenzo

as Don Mario

Nunzia Schiano

as Madre di Bilal

Giovanni Esposito

as Segretario Vescovo

Roberto Herlitzka

as Vescovo

Imad Nazih

as Mounir

Giuseppe Fiale

as Lupo

Nicolò Adelmann

as Cicillo

Renato Tartaglia

as Tartaglia

Grazia Daddario

as Gilda

Guglielmo Favilla

as segreteria telefonica del Papa (voice)