Pier Paolo Pasolini – MRQE

Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

Il fiore delle mille e una notte

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The final part of Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all, love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Mysterious and liberating, this is an exquisitely dreamlike and adult interpretation of the original folk tales.

I racconti di Canterbury

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

Il Decameron

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister’s lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend’s wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.

Porcile

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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.

Teorema

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.

Edipo re

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son – and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents – only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…

Uccellacci e uccellini

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.

Comizi d’amore

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Microphone in hand, Pier Paolo Pasolini asks Italians to talk about sex, apparently their least favorite subject: he asks children if they know where do babies come from, asks old and young women about gender equality, and asks both genders if a woman’s virginity still matters, how do they view homosexuals, if sex and honor are related, if divorce should be legal, if they support the recent abolition of brothels, etc. He interviews workers, intellectuals, students, rural farmers, the bourgeoisie, and other different people, painting a vivid portrait of Italy in the years of the Economic Boom, suspended between modernity and tradition.

Il vangelo secondo Matteo

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This biblical drama from the Catholic Marxist director focuses on the teachings of Jesus, including the parables that reflect their revolutionary nature. As Jesus travels along the coast of the Sea of Galilee, he gradually gathers more followers, leading him into direct conflict with the authorities.