Not only an exquisitely revolting satire, it is also Pasolini's most fascinating piece of cinema.
Porcile (1969)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:3
Rotten:2
Average Rating:5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Two stories are interwoven here. The first tells of a cannibal living in a medieval wasteland. The second is about the son of an ex-Nazi industrialist in modern-day Germany. The young German (who... Two stories are interwoven here. The first tells of a cannibal living in a medieval wasteland. The second is about the son of an ex-Nazi industrialist in modern-day Germany. The young German (who is more attracted to pigs than to his fiancee) and the cannibal become sacrificial victims of their different societies. [More]
Starring: Pierre Clementi, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Franco Citti, Ugo Tognazzi
Starring: Pierre Clementi, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Franco Citti, Ugo Tognazzi
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Reviews for Porcile
This isn't one of Pasolini's greatest films, though it's possibly the one that today best shows the warp and woof of its period.
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