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Mondo candido

Mondo candido

1975 · 107 min · ★ 5.5 · Adventure, Comedy

Voltaire, a 16th century author was furious that learned members of a "civilized" society could claim that the apparent senseless violence and mayhem wrought by disasters, war, disease, man's cruelty, etc. was actually only a part of some 'greater good'. After all, God (being perfect) could not 'logically' have created anything but the 'best of all possible' universes.

Directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti · Written by Claudio Quarantotto

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