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Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
+ intro by season curator Jason Wood
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
The notorious final film from Marxist filmmaker Pasolini, a rigorous work which retains its power to galvanise and shock.
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Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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With
Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle
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Italy 1975. 117min
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35mm
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Certificate
18
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English subtitles
The notorious final film from Marxist filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, Salò transposes de Sade’s 18th-century opus of torture and degradation to Fascist Italy. One of the most passionately debated films ever made, it offers a thought-provoking inquiry into political, social and sexual dynamics. On release, it was banned and labelled nauseating, depraved and pornographic. It’s a work of some rigour and retains its power to galvanise and shock.
Contains scenes that some may find disturbing.
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