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The Good Thief (1980)

The Good Thief (1980)

Comedy
Release Date: 1980, February 1
Directors: Pasquale Festa Campanile
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Carthago Films, Daimo Cinematografica, Italian International Film, RAI
Cast: Enzo Robutti, Edwige Fenech, Daniele Vargas, Anna Orso, Marcella Petrelli, Claudio Cassinelli, Auretta Gay, Stefania D'Amario, Zuzana Martinková, Bernadette Lafont, Enrico Montesano, Sara Franchetti

Overview:

Caleb, "son of nobody" (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus' day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. When he witnesses Jesus turning water into wine, he thinks he's found a competitor. So Caleb goes on, convinced that Jesus is a fake just as he is, always trying to figure out his tricks. In the meantime, he gets involved with a prostitute (played by Edwige Fenech), but also with the wife of a Roman patrician (played by the equally alluring Bernadette Lafont), he steals a few goats and cons a few people, he befriends a lovable dog and gets in trouble with some Roman soldiers.