The Reluctant Saint

IMDb link: 0056403
IMDb rating: 7.3 (609 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography, History
Director: Edward Dmytryk, Maximilian Schell
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban, Lea Padovani and others

Release date: 2 Nov 1962
Release year: 1962
Runtime: 105 minutes
Country: Italy, United States
Keywords: miracle, no opening credits, mentally challenged man, priest, diploma, clumsiness, cupertino italy, year 1623, based on real person, catholic church

Plot:

Joseph of Cupertino, a simple young man thought by many in his village to be an idiot, is pressured to enter a monastery. He does so, and surprises everyone by passing the entrance exam to study for the priesthood. But this is only the first of many surprises from the man who would become Saint Joseph Cupertino.

Back to card