The Incredible Army of Brancaleone (1966) * Directed by Mario Monicelli * 120 min * In Italian with English subtitles * doors open at 20:00, film starts at 20:30. After the film, please engage in sharing comments, ideas, and inspiration with the host(s) of the evening!

How can a group of underdogs, rejected from society, start an epic journey to rescue Jerusalem with an improbable crusade? Set in the Middle Age, spoken in a Italian mixed with vulgar Latin expressions, The Incredible Army of Brancaleone is a parody of knights' quests in the Middle Age, putting as protagonists common people instead of nobility. The result is a series of sketches where paradox rules with comic effects.  With an incredible cast of Italian actors who became famous in their career after this film - in particular Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Gian Maria Volonté, and Enrico Maria Salerno - Monicelli succeeded in portraying the grotesque side of the Italian people in such an iconic way that his message becomes universal.