Our Lady of the Turks (1968)
Directed by Carmelo Bene
124 min61 frames
Drama
Being a saint means losing control
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What is Our Lady of the Turks about?
To the protagonist, an intellectual so feverish that he seems pathologically unrecoverable, a confused memory resurfaces of a massacre carried out by the Turks in Otranto. Immersing himself in one of the victims, in the unconscious desire to eviscerate himself, a woman appears to him, Margherita, who, in the guise of Santa Maria d'Otranto, treats him with compassionate love. In the hallucinating succession of memories intertwined with historical events, the protagonist finds himself in contact with his environment, his land, his country.
Nostra Signora dei Turchi is a 1968 Italian drama film. It is the feature film debut of Carmelo Bene and it is based on a stage play by the same Bene. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 1968 Venice Film Festival.
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Who stars in Our Lady of the Turks?
Carmelo Beneas The Protagonist
Lydia Mancinellias Saint Margareth- Salvatore Siniscalchias The Publisher
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What does the cinematography of Our Lady of the Turks look like?
Across 61 sampled frames, Our Lady of the Turks builds its coverage from close-ups (39% of the sample), with medium shots (26%) carrying much of the rest. Low angles recur throughout. The lighting keeps 44% of it in soft, low-key light. 49% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 72% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Our Lady of the Turks?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Our Lady of the Turks (1968) are #090807, #f6f6f6, #352e28, #4f382c, #2a1912, #e9cfb2 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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