Set on the small island of Porto Buio, the traditional live Christmas Nativity scene might not go ahead because the baby who’s always played Jesus has grown up and no new babies have been born on the island in years! With this fundamental tradition on the line, newly elected Mayor Cecco (Claudio Bisio) wants to ask the local Tunisian community to “borrow” one of their children, but there’s conflict between the two communities. Cecco enlists the help of local Islam convert Bilal (Alessandro Gassman) to cross the cultural divide… but both communities are not sure what to make of a baby Jesus that may need his nationality, and even his religion changed!
Luca Miniero
Riccardo Tozzi
Giovanni Stabilini
Marco Chimenz
Sandro Petraglia
Luca Miniero
Astutillo Smeriglia
Daniele Ciprì
Pasquale Catalano
Claudio Bisio
Cecco
Alessandro Gassmann
Marietto/Bilal
Angela Finocchiaro
Suor Marta
Nabiha Akkari
Aida
Giovanni Cacioppo
Aldo
Laura Adriani
Maddalena
Mehdi Meskar
Alì
Paola Casella
Addolorata
Massimo De Lorenzo
Don Mario
Nunzia Schiano
Madre di Bilal
Giovanni Esposito
Segretario Vescovo
Roberto Herlitzka
Vescovo
... and 7 more
Cattleya
RAI Cinema
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