A boccaperta, as stated in the work itself, is an Italian screenplay written in 1970 by Carmelo Bene, even though most consider it a novel.

[1] In most of Bene's works is hard to recognize a sole genre: he himself defines his own art as "degenerate".

and Ritratto di signora del cavalier Masoch per intercessione della beata Maria Goretti.

"Friar Donkey", as Joseph used to be known as, used to levitate in his room while staring at a painting depicting Virgin Mary.

Sometimes, during his flights, sick and deformed people would hold to his vest, hoping in a miraculous healing.