Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom

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.

  • Director

    Pier Paolo Pasolini

  • With

    Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle

  • Italy 1975. 117min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    18

  • 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.

See Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom on 35mm with intro by season curator Jason Wood on Tuesday 9 January.