St. Michael Had a Rooster

This adaptation of Tolstoy’s story 'The Divine and the Human' moves the action from Tsarist Russia to a small town in central Italy during the country’s unification. It follows the fictional anarchist Giulio Manieri (Giulio Brogi) who, after an unsuccessful attempt at revolution and ten years of isolation, finds his projected leadership unsupported by a new generation of radicals. Both fable-like and realistically grounded, the Tavianis’ provocative, reflective and subversive awakening highlights the divided ideologies that lead to the film’s devastating final image.

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