Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma - Film 1975

Screening: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Jesse's World on Instagram: "Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) is a controversial film transposing Sade’s novel to 1944 fascist Italy. Four corrupt elites (the Duke, Bishop, Magistrate, President) torture and abuse kidnapped teenagers in a villa, serving as a brutal allegory for fascism, consumerism, and the dehumanizing nature of power. Key Aspects of Salò Explained: Setting: The film takes place during the final days of Mussolini's fascist republic in Italy. Narrative

Movies Munch on Instagram: "Pier Paolo Pasolini, the director of Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, was brutally murdered in 1975, before the film's release. Officially, 17-year-old Pino Pelosi confessed to killing him after a sexual encounter gone wrong, but decades later he recanted, claiming a group of men carried out the attack and forced him to take the blame. Many people suspected this was not the full story as the film was intensely controversial, depicting torture, sadism, fascist violence