Jesus Talks to Don Camillo

This article argues that it is possible to evoke supernatural beings, especially God, independently of the fact of pronouncing oneself on their independent and plenary existence. These beings exist according to their “mode of being”, that is, through devices that manifest their existence and document them. The article reports on a praxeological study of one of these devices: dialogue between Jesus and Don Camillo in the popular film Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo. It is within this dialogue that God manifests himself. The dialogue therefore serves here to document the relationship with the divine. The main characteristic of this dialogue is the establishment of a relationship of interlocution between the man and the world of his day-to-day life.