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Pigsty

I killed my father, I ate human flesh, and I quiver with joy.

1969 · 1h 39m · Not Rated Drama
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Two dramatic stories. In an undetermined past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father) is condemned to be torn to pieces by some wild beasts. In the second story, Julian, the young son of a post-war German industrialist, is on the way to lie down with his farm's pigs, because he doesn't like human relationships.

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This isn't one of Pasolini's greatest films, though it's possibly the one that today best shows the warp and woof of its period.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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Not only an exquisitely revolting satire, it is also Pasolini's most fascinating piece of cinema.

Time Out

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