| Mortacci | |
| Editing: | Ugo De Rossi |
| Producer: | Gioanfranco Piccioli Giorgio Leopardi |
| Language: | Italian |
| Runtime: | 110 min |
Mortacci is a 1989 Italian dark comedy film, directed by Sergio Citti.[1] [2] [3]
The film is set in a cemetery, where the dead souls gather every night, awaiting permission to enter the afterlife. They reminisce about their past lives and the circumstances surrounding their deaths, while observing the living and witnessing their misdeeds.
In a small town cemetery, the deceased gather every night for a meeting. They are doomed to remain there until the last living person who remembers them passes away. Through recollections of their lives and deaths, various characters are introduced: Alma, a theater actress (Carol Alt) who witnesses every night the futile attempt of her ex-lover (Malcolm McDowell) to commit suicide over her grave; Angelo, a womanizer (Andy Luotto) who died out of shame; Felice and Giggetto, two beggars (Eraldo Turra and Luciano Manzalini) who leave the group when the last woman (Mariangela Melato) who remembers them dies during a visit to their grave.
The narration is interrupted by the arrival of Lucillo (Sergio Rubini), a soldier presumed dead in a Lebanese military mission, who is forced by his fellow villagers to actually die, as they have built a lucrative business around his hero status and fame. Cemetery warden Domenico (Vittorio Gassman) oversees the operations, from opening the gates to stealing valuables from the dead, unaware that the deceased observe him and everything that occurs in the small cemetery.