Mr. Kinky

{{Infobox film | image = Il profeta.jpg | caption = | director = [[Dino Risi]] | writer = [[Ruggero Maccari]]<br>[[Ettore Scola]]<br>Dino Risi | starring = [[Vittorio Gassman]]<br>[[Ann-Margret]] | music =[[Armando Trovaioli|Armando Trovajoli]] | cinematography = [[Alessandro D'Eva]] | editing = | producer = [[Mario Cecchi Gori]] | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1968}} | runtime = | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = }} '''''Mr. Kinky''''' ({{Langx|it|Il profeta||The Prophet}}) is a 1968 [[Italy|Italian]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Dino Risi]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Edoardo Zaccagnini|title=I "mostri" al lavoro!: contadini, operai, commendatori ed impiegati nella commedia all'italiana|publisher=Sovera Edizioni, 2009|isbn=8881247909}}</ref>

== Plot == Pietro Breccia is a man who has long decided to abandon civilization, becoming a [[hermit]], leaving behind the strain of modern life and the futility of consumer society, living for years in seclusion on [[Monte Soratte]], near [[Rome]]. One day he is discovered by a TV crew that, sniffing the scoop, film a report about him. From that moment, against his will, he gets sucked into civilization.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vice|title="Il profeta": Gassman si fa barbone per protesta contro la vita moderna|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|date=March 10, 1968|page=7}}</ref>

== Cast == * [[Vittorio Gassman]]: Pietro Breccia, the hermit * [[Ann-Margret]]: Maggie, a [[hippy]] * [[Liana Orfei]]: Albertina, Puccio's sister * [[Fiorenzo Fiorentini]]: Luigi * [[Oreste Lionello]]: Puccio, Breccia's manager * [[Enzo Robutti]]: Alberto * [[Yvonne Sanson]]: Carla Bagni * [[Carmen Villani]]

==Production== It was one of several films Ann-Margret made in Europe around this time.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/surviving-cold-streaks-ann-margret/|title=Surviving Cold Streaks: Ann-Margret|date=September 6, 2021|access-date=March 9, 2023}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}

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{{Dino Risi}} [[Category:1968 films]] [[Category:Commedia all'italiana]] [[Category:Films directed by Dino Risi]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari]] [[Category:Films scored by Armando Trovajoli]] [[Category:1968 comedy films]] [[Category:1968 Italian-language films]] [[Category:1968 Italian films]] [[Category:Italian-language comedy films]]