The Good Thief
MovieTitle | Il ladrone |
User score | 6.2 |
Release date | Feb 1, 1980 |
Genre | Comedy |
Director | Pasquale Festa Campanile |
Production country | France, Italy |
Production companies | Carthago Films, Daimo Cinematografica, Films A2, Italian International Film, RAI |
Run time | 108 min. |
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.