Leave the Saints Alone
A journey through Italy across a century of popular religious devotion. Ancient and more recent saints, white and black Madonnas, devotional processions... are the expression of a need for the sacred that seems very distant from our way of being, but perhaps is not that distant at all. Today, especially in the South, but with some “isolated” locations in the North, popular faith is still a very real thing, which finds its finest expression in song and in music.
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Leave the Saints Alone
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 30, 2017
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
79%
Original Title
Lascia stare i santi
Production Companies
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Director
Gianfranco Pannone
Description
A journey through Italy across a century of popular religious devotion. Ancient and more recent saints, white and black Madonnas, devotional processions... are the expression of a need for the sacred that seems very distant from our way of being, but perhaps is not that distant at all. Today, especially in the South, but with some “isolated” locations in the North, popular faith is still a very real thing, which finds its finest expression in song and in music.
