It's very hard to sit through and offers no insights whatsoever into power, politics, history or sexuality. Nasty stuff.
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
The final vision of a controversial filmmaker.
1976 · 1h 56m · TV-MA
Drama, Horror
Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Overview
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Director and cast
- Pier Paolo Pasolini Director
- Paolo Bonacelli as the Duke
- Giorgio Cataldi as the Bishop
- Uberto Paolo Quintavalle as the Magistrate
- Aldo Valletti as the President
- Caterina Boratto as Signora Castelli
- Sonia Saviange as the pianist
- Elsa De Giorgi Cast
- Hélène Surgère Cast
- Sergio Fascetti Cast
- Bruno Musso Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Very hard to take, but in its own way an essential work.
A perfect example of the kind of material that, theoretically, anyway, can be acceptable on paper but becomes so repugnant when visualized on the screen that it further dehumanizes the human spirit, which is supposed to be the artist's concern.
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