Calamus

Calamus

1976 · 107 min · ★ 3.7 · Drama, Thriller

Riccardo, belonging to an upper-middle class family from Puglia, studies religion in a Swiss boarding school. He has an incomplete relationship with his half-sister Stefania, who one day announces his engagement and the next marriage. Riccardo, wearing his cassock below, desperately tries to conquer the now reluctant half-sister.

Directed by Massimo Pirri · Written by Pier Giovanni Anchisi

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