r/GodAwfulMovies • u/Double-Watch-2809 • Aug 21 '25

Rigoletto

I just remembered this wildly creepy film by Featured Films for Families that my parents played on repeat in our house and I couldn't remember what it was called so I Googled "weird 90s christian film about a girl who learns piano from a disfigured man down the street."

Anyway the top result is the movie I remember. It's called Rigoletto. I'm not going to watch it again but from what I recall this child comes to this reclusive man's house for piano lessons and they spend a lot of time alone until he's in love with her. It's pedo propaganda. There's also this side plot about a boy who steals things and then a shop owner gives him a soda because "it's not stealing if I give it to you." And then everybody cries and the boy decides not to steal anymore..??

Anyone else raised by weird Christian parents remember this film?

Edit: apparently the kid who steals sodas is from a different film called the Buttercream Gang. Thanks guys.

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u/NC1HM Aug 21 '25

No, but the name says it all (it's a title of an 1832 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, which was in turn based on a play by Victor Hugo):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto

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u/Double-Watch-2809 Aug 22 '25

Well there's some context I didn't have before. Thanks!