The Roses of the Desert(Le rose del deserto)
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Italy · 2006
1h 42m
Director Mario Monicelli
Starring Michele Placido, Alessandro Haber, Giorgio Pasotti, Claudio Bigagli
Genre War, Comedy
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A sanitary battalion of Italian Army is sent to Sorman oasis in Lybia during the Africa campaign in 1940. Soon an Italian missionary, living nearby, succeed to transform the occupation by Italian Army in a kind of humanitarian mission. In fact all the battalion is involved to help the local population. The war anyway goes on with no regards to human feelings. The "glorious" Fascist campaign is going to became a fast retreat.
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