The Mass Is Ended (Italian: La messa è finita) is a 1985 Italian drama film, written, starring and directed by Nanni Moretti.
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Plot
The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his friends, but discovers that many of them are depressed or frustrated, some of them suicidally so. Father Giulio determines to leave again, but his parents convince him to perform the wedding ceremony for his friend Caesar and his fiancée. Don Giulio rushes through the ceremony and then away from Rome. Once away from the city, he immediately regains happiness.
Cast
Nanni Moretti: don Giulio
Marco Messeri: Saverio
Ferruccio De Ceresa: Giulio's father
Enrica Maria Modugno: Valentina, Giulio's sister
Eugenio Masciari: Eugenio
Luisa De Santis: Luisa De Santis, Eugenio's wife
Margarita Lozano: Giulio's mother
Roberto Vezzosi: Cesare
Vincenzo Salemme: Andrea
Dario Cantarelli: Gianni
Mauro Fabretti: Simone
Giovanni Buttafava: a lawyer
Accolades
36th Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize, OCIC Award