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L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)

IMDb ID: tt0317965 · Year: 2002 · Rating: 7.0 (2,095 votes)

Genres: Drama

A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: My Mother's Smile
Canada: My Mother's Smile (English)
United States: My Mother's Smile
Argentina: La hora de la religión
Uruguay: La hora de la religión (original subtitled version)
Brazil: A Hora da Religião
Hungary: Anyám mosolya
Poland: Czas religii
Italy: L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)
Spain: La sonrisa de mi madre
France: Le sourire de ma mère
Serbia: Osmeh moje majke
Norway: Religionstime - min mors smil (alternative transliteration)
Greece: Το χαμόγελο της μητέρας μου
Russia: Улыбка моей матери
Japan: 母の微笑 (Japanese)
La hora de la religión
Release Date2002-04-19Runtime105 minutesMetascore74IMDb Popularity0User Reviews18Critic Reviews24Countries / RegionsItalyLanguagesItalianKeywordscanonization
saint
painter
crossing self
belief in god
Filming LocationsRome, Lazio, ItalyProduction CompaniesFilmalbatros
Rai Cinema
Tele+
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317965/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0317965.jpgUpdated At2025-09-02T02:07:07

Stars

Sergio Castellitto
Jacqueline Lustig
Chiara Conti
Gigio Alberti
Alberto Mondini
Gianfelice Imparato
Gianni Schicchi
Maurizio Donadoni
Donato Placido
Renzo Rossi

Directors

Marco Bellocchio

Writers

Marco Bellocchio

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Sergio Castellitto | Character: Ernesto Picciafuocco
Actor: Jacqueline Lustig | Character: Irene Picciafuocco
Actor: Chiara Conti | Character: Diana Sereni
Actor: Gigio Alberti | Character: Ettore Picciafuocco
Actor: Alberto Mondini | Character: Leonardo Picciafuocco
Actor: Gianfelice Imparato | Character: Erminio Picciafuocco
Actor: Gianni Schicchi | Character: Filippo Argenti
Actor: Maurizio Donadoni | Character: Cardinal Piumini
Actor: Donato Placido | Character: Egidio Picciafuocco
Actor: Renzo Rossi | Character: Baldracchi
Actor: Pietro De Silva | Character: Curzio Sandali
Actor: Bruno Cariello | Character: Don Pugni
Actor: Piera Degli Esposti | Character: Aunt Maria
Actor: Toni Bertorelli | Character: Count Ludovico Bulla
Actor: Maria Luisa Bellocchio | Character: Zia Ernesto
Actor: Letizia Bellocchio | Character: Zia Ernesto
Actor: Giovanni Cappelli | Character: Autista
Actor: Ada Ferrata | Character: Madre Ernesto
Actor: Lino Bonanni | Character: Eugenio
Actor: Hubert Grieco | Character: Gaspare
Actor: Amerigo Alberani | Character: Oppositore Bulla
Actor: Mariam Guled Giama | Character: Cameriera Irene
Actor: Valentina Karakhanian | Character: Cantante lirica
Actor: Giorgio Cantelli | Character: Arbitro duello
Actor: Renata Moro | Character: Segretaria zia Maria
Actor: Stefano D'Amadio | Character: Fotografo set
Actor: Giuseppe Eusepi | Character: Il Cristo
Actor: Elena Bellocchio | Character: Prima bambina
Actor: Chiara Natoli | Character: Seconda bambina
Actor: Marco Bellocchio | Character: Actor
Actor: Fabrizio Giannini | Character: Actor
Actor: Serena Mastrosimone | Character: Actress

[Directors Group]
Name: Marco Bellocchio | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Marco Bellocchio | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Marco Bellocchio | Role: Producer
Name: Sergio Pelone | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Riccardo Giagni | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Pasquale Mari | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Francesca Calvelli | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Beatrice Kruger | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Marco Dentici | Role: Production Designer

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Paola Riviello | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Sergio Ballo | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Rosalba Cimino | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Teresa Di Serio | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Gloria Pescatore | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Roberta Petrini | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Stefania Petrini | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Sabrina Romanelli | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Sandra Bonacchi | Role: Production Manager
Name: Gianluca Chiaretti | Role: Production Manager
Name: Luigi Lagrasta | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Daniela Ceselli | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Giuseppe Eusepi | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Emanuela Tomassetti | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Marco Bellocchio | Role: Art Department
Name: Alberto Bonacchi | Role: Art Department
Name: Daria Calvelli | Role: Art Department
Name: Gian Maria Cau | Role: Art Department
Name: Briseide Siciliano | Role: Art Department
Name: Viviana Tassini | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Maurizio Argentieri | Role: Sound Department
Name: Gianluca Basili | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sergio Basili | Role: Sound Department
Name: Filippo Bussi | Role: Sound Department
Name: Emanuela Di Giunta | Role: Sound Department
Name: Vincenzo Nardi | Role: Sound Department
Name: Angelo Raguseo | Role: Sound Department
Name: Antonio Tirinelli | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Franco Galiano | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: Gianluca Dentici | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Giovanni Angeloni | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Gianluca Antolini | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Carlo Bernabei | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Alessandro Caiuli | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Domenico Caiuli | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Francesco Cavazza | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Giancarlo Checchi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Duccio Cimatti | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Claudio Conti | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: David Costantino | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Stefano D'Amadio | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Massimo Moreschini | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Roberto Moreschini | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Eleonora Patriarca | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Mercedes Porter Hope | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Riccardo Ricci | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Daniele Rucci | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nils Salvatori | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Marco Verrillo | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[animation department]
Name: Annalisa Corsi | Role: Animation Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Luigi Palmulli | Role: Casting Department
Name: Cristina Raffaeli | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Emanuela Curatolo | Role: Costume Department
Name: M. Erminia Melato | Role: Costume Department
Name: Giacoma Mellini | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Alfredo Alvigini | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Anita Cacciolati | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Emanuela Di Giunta | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Alessandra Guerra | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Gian Luca Guerra | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Paolo Verrucci | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Marta Boliva | Role: Location Management
Name: Massimiliano Colaiacomo | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Fabio Ferri | Role: Music Department
Name: Riccardo Giagni | Role: Music Department
Name: Maurizio Rizzuto | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Ivano de Santis | Role: Production Department
Name: Laura Lucciarini | Role: Production Department
Name: Renata Moro | Role: Production Department
Name: Massimiliano Pisechi | Role: Production Department
Name: Alessandro Sogliuzzo | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Iole Natoli | Role: Script and Continuity Department
Name: Caterina Barlucchi | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Spartaco Calanchini | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Giovanni Guarino | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Maurizio Lentini | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Stefano Lentini | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Sergio Verdecchia | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Elide Camberini | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Pasquale Cuzzupoli | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Aldo Di Meo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Pietro Di Persio | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Giancarlo Gabrielli | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marina Lyakhovenko | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Virginia Monque | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Roberto Ornaro | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marina Pelone | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Luciano Puliani | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Alessandro Valori | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Lucille Cristaldi | Role: Thanks

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317965/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Italy: April 19, 2002
France: May 16, 2002 (Cannes Film Festival)
United States: August 30, 2002 (Telluride Film Festival)
Canada: September 12, 2002 (Toronto International Film Festival)
United States: October 5, 2002 (Chicago International Film Festival)
Spain: October 9, 2002 (Sitges Film Festival)
France: October 30, 2002 (Villerupt Italian Film Festival)
Greece: November 2002 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
France: November 20, 2002
Greece: December 13, 2002
United States: January 12, 2003 (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Spain: January 17, 2003
Belgium: February 12, 2003
Serbia: March 9, 2003 (Belgrade Film Festival)
Denmark: March 28, 2003 (NatFilm Festival)
Argentina: April 16, 2003 (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema)
Japan: April 27, 2003 (Festival del Cinema Italiano Tokyo)
Poland: May 9, 2003
Mexico: November 21, 2003 (Muestra Internacional de Cine)
Mexico: March 19, 2004 (Mexico City)
United States: February 11, 2005 (limited)
United States: October 22, 2005 (Milwaukee International Film Festival)
Hungary: February 18, 2006 (TV premiere)
Uruguay: November 17, 2006 (Cinemateca Uruguaya)
Uruguay: January 21, 2010
Argentina: December 2, 2010
Italy: June 19, 2017 (Biografilm Festival)

Awards

Winner | 2002 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon | Best Director (Regista del Miglior Film) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon | Best Original Story (Migliore Soggetto) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon | Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon | Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista) | Sergio Castellitto, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon | Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) | Piera Degli Esposti, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon | Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore Non Protagonista) | Toni Bertorelli, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon | Best Cinematography (Migliore Fotografia) | Pasquale Mari, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon | Best Sound (Miglior Sonoro in Presa Diretta) | Maurizio Argentieri, Casomai, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon | Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografia) | Marco Dentici, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Cannes Film Festival | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | European Film Awards | European Film Award | European Actor | Sergio Castellitto, Mostly Martha, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | European Film Awards | European Film Award | European Director | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | European Film Awards | EFA People's Choice Award | Best European Director | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | European Film Awards | EFA People's Choice Award | Best European Actor | Sergio Castellitto, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Flaiano Film Festival | Audience Award | Best Actor | Sergio Castellitto, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Flaiano Film Festival | Best Actor | Sergio Castellitto, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Flaiano Film Festival | Best Editing | Francesca Calvelli, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Flaiano Film Festival | Best Film Score | Riccardo Giagni, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Flaiano Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Toni Bertorelli, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Flaiano Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | Piera Degli Esposti, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2003 | David di Donatello Awards | David | Best Director (Migliore Regista) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2003 | David di Donatello Awards | David | Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2003 | David di Donatello Awards | David | Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista) | Sergio Castellitto, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2003 | David di Donatello Awards | David | Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice non Protagonista) | Piera Degli Esposti, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2003 | David di Donatello Awards | David | Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografo) | Marco Dentici, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Flaiano Film Festival | Best Film | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Golden Globes, Italy | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Golden Globes, Italy | Golden Globe | Best Film (Miglior Film) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Golden Globes, Italy | Golden Globe | Best Actor (Migliore Attore) | Sergio Castellitto, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Chicago International Film Festival | Gold Hugo | Best Feature | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2003 | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | IOMA | Best Italian Picture (Miglior film italiano) | My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Golden Ciak Awards | Golden Ciak | Best Film (Miglior Film) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Golden Ciak Awards | Golden Ciak | Best Director (Migliore Regista) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Golden Ciak Awards | Golden Ciak | Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista) | Sergio Castellitto, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Golden Ciak Awards | Golden Ciak | Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) | Piera Degli Esposti, My Mother's Smile
Winner | 2002 | Golden Ciak Awards | Golden Ciak | Best Editing (Miglior Montaggio) | Francesca Calvelli, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Golden Ciak Awards | Golden Ciak | Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Golden Ciak Awards | Golden Ciak | Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografia) | Marco Dentici, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Golden Ciak Awards | Golden Ciak | Best Cinematography (Migliore Fotografia) | Pasquale Mari, My Mother's Smile, One Man Up
Nominee | 2003 | David di Donatello Awards | David | Best Film (Miglior Film) | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile
Nominee | 2002 | Cahiers du Cinéma | Top 10 Film Award | Best Film | Marco Bellocchio, My Mother's Smile | Sixth Place

Box Office

France: USD 91666
Italy: USD 1946318
Domestic: USD 41432
Period: Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2002 | Rank: 257 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 34 | Gross to date: USD 91666 | Interval gross: USD 91666 | Per theater average: USD 2696