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Director
  
Mario Monicelli

Music director
  
Paolo Dossena, Mino Freda

Language
  
Italian

6.6/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, War

Duration
  

Country
  
Italy

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Writer
  
Alessandro Bencivenni
,
Suso Cecchi dAmico
,
Domenico Saverni

Release date
  
December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01)

Based on
  
Il deserto della Libia  by Mario Tobino

Screenplay
  
Mario Monicelli, Alessandro Bencivenni, Suso Cecchi dAmico, Domenico Saverni

Cast
  
Michele Placido
(Frate Simeone),
Alessandro Haber
(Maggiore Strucchi),
Giorgio Pasotti
(Tenente Salvi),
Claudio Bigagli
(Soldato),
Moran Atias
(Aisha)

Similar movies
  
Michele Placido movies, Directed by Mario Monicelli, Movies about Italy

The Roses of the Desert (Italian: Le rose del deserto) is an Italian film released in 2006. It was directed by Mario Monicelli, in his final film, and was loosely inspired by the romance Il deserto della Libia of Mario Tobino.

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Plot

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In World War II a group of Italian soldiers is sent to Egypt to provide assistance to the local population. The military, however, should expect other directives from the Duce Benito Mussolini but completely lose contact with the Italy. Soon the members of the brigade, which includes some very curious and picturesque characters such as the Captain who loves poetry, get acquainted with the local customs and forget their duty as soldiers. Again however the war impose its presence, after an encounter with an outspoken missionary (Michele Placido) who is walking through the desert with a troop of Germans. As hostilities begin again, the soldiers take up arms, but something has changed through their experience and they begin to consider war as useless, while they could live in blissful oblivion in a land so beautiful and rich in culture. These thoughts are cut short when the Captain, who alone had remained a reference figure for the troops, discovers that his recently deceased wife was not faithful. He commits suicide by jumping against the weapons of some Bedouin.

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In 2015, the book Staging Memory by Stefania Del Monte dedicates a whole section to the movie.

Cast

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  • Michele Placido - Brother Simeone
  • Giorgio Pasotti - Lieutenant Marcello Salvi
  • Alessandro Haber - Major Stefano Strucchi
  • Moran Atias - Aisha
  • Danilo De Summa - soldier
  • Tatti Sanguineti - a general
  • Fulvio Falzarano - Sergeant Barzottin
  • Claudio Bigagli - soldier
  • Stefano Scandaletti - soldier
  • References

    The Roses of the Desert Wikipedia
    The Roses of the Desert IMDbThe Roses of the Desert themoviedb.org


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