The Little World of Don Camillo

The Little World of Don Camillo

Directed by Julien Duvivier

Produced by Francinex, Amato Film

1952107 min7.6 / 10

A warmly comic portrait of a small Italian village where a priest and communist mayor's ideological rivalry masks genuine affection, exploring how ordinary people navigate division while remaining fundamentally good-hearted.

In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.

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Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Little World of Don Camillo easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does The Little World of Don Camillo end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is The Little World of Don Camillo scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Little World of Don Camillo violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Little World of Don Camillo sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

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