A strange visitor in a wealthy family. He seduces the maid, the son, the mother, the daughter and finally the father before leaving a few days after. After he's gone, none of them can continue living as they did. Who was that visitor? Could he be God?
Whichever of the various interpretations you ascribe to this socio-political parody, the quality is undeniable.
Pier Paolo Pasolini's film created a scandal at the time and remains an uneasy satire.
Perhaps the most thrillingly complete encapsulation of the director's pet themes and formal tics.
Made in 1968, this provocative, highly controversial film is arguably Pasolini's most finely wrought work, an allegory bringing together his central preoccupations with politics, sexuality, society, art and the irredeemable inauthenticity of bourgeois life.
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