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The Profiteer

The Profiteer

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 20, 1974

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Romance, Drama

User Score

61%

Original Title

Il saprofita

Production Companies

Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo, Belial

Director

Sergio Nasca

Description

In the city of Ostuni in Puglia, the mute seminarian Ercole is designated to be the driver and nurse of Parsifal, the paraplegic son in a rich and sanctimonious family of landowners. Ercole soon becomes the lover of his master's wife, the beautiful Baroness Clotilde. In a familial and social context where only money, sex and power count, everyone tries to take advantage of everyone, but the real saprophyte turns out to be Ercole.