Written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Stars: Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky, Andrés José Cruz Soublette, and Laura Betti
A YouTube channel that I followed mentioned this movie about a guy fucking the entire family. On the surface, it seems that what happens, but you have to look deeper into the movie to the true meaning of it.
A Milanese bourgeoisie family is visited a mysterious person called The Visitor (Stamp). Little by little, the people of the household are exposing to The Visitor in more ways than one until he leaves as quickly as he comes in. The family spirals in unexpected ways trying to go back to the normal.
I am unfamiliar with the works of Pasolini. It seems that his movies have a history drenched in symbolism and allegory. It was prevalent in this movie.
If you don't know the hidden meaning behind what is happening onscreen, you will be bored out of your mind. There is not that much dialogue in the film. You have to read what is unsaid throughout the movie.
The one thing that bothered me is that the movie seemed to be spoken in English and dubbed in Italian. I was multitasking reading the subtitles and lip reading.
Rating: 9/10
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