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Donato, a scoundrel music manager, to escape the two henchmen of a boss who, due to his inefficiency, has caused him to lose a lot of money, taking advantage of a letter from his uncle the bishop, introduces himself to the parish priest of a village church, Don Dino, dressed as a priest, and pretends to have been sent there by the bishop as assistant parish priest. Don Dino's church is always empty. In fact, the town's faithful frequent the new church, run by Don Gabriele, a pimp priest who knows how to deal with people. Donato's arrival initially seems like the final blow for Don Dino's church: Donato doesn't know where to start a mass, he has never confessed or married anyone, the mere idea of performing an extreme unction scares him. Don Dino begins to argue with Donato: he seems anything but a priest. But little by little, Don Donato's extravagant ways, his open-mindedness as a "sinner", his mentality as a rock priest, begin to attract the faithful.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

Enzo Salvi
Donato

Maurizio Battista
Don Dino

Andrea Dianetti
Luigi

Giorgia Würth
Sara
Emy Bergamo
Cesira
Gabriele Carbotti
Don Gabriele

Maurizio Mattioli
Vescovo

Salvatore Misticone
Gaetano
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Claudio Norza directs. Claudio Semboloni cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.
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