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Porcile (Pigpen) (Pigsty) (1969)

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Julian (Jean-Pierre Leaud) is the son of German industrialist Klotz (Alberto Lionello) who seeks to go into business with the former Nazi Herdhitze (Ugo Tognazzi). Herdhitze had spent most of World War II collecting human skulls for experiments with brain matter. As a protest, Julian refuses to marry his fiancé from a pre-arranged marriage, and he becomes romantically involved with pigs. Part two finds a man driven to cannibalism by hunger while wandering Mount Etna. He scavenges the

Mar 29, 2005

Water Bearer Films Inc.

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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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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Pasolini's freak-out is rigorously controlled, his political vaudeville is unsurpassable

March 15, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

Not only an exquisitely revolting satire, it is also Pasolini's most fascinating piece of cinema.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Slipshod, disconnected, uninvolving, and utterly boring.

December 31, 2003 Comment
eFilmCritic.com

One of Pasolini's most enigmatic films.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment
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With Pigsty, Pasolini again exaggerates the Imagery/dialogue/performances, merges the contrast between the rich and the poor and shows us dark sides of humanity with a very knowing undertone of anti establishment, or at least, of Italian politics/Religious ideals of the time. Do we do wrong out of

November 16, 2011
SirPant

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2 allegorical stories make this a demi comedy by that legendary scholar/poet/post-modern inquisitor.Cannibalism,a series of totalitarian fragments,the director Marco Ferreri and cult avant-garde figure Anne Wiazemsky in guest roles,why...it's a nutcase!It's more than a superficial story however,faithful to a leftist

October 4, 2008
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Dimitris Springer

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Foreign Titles

  • Der Schweinestall (DE)
  • II Porcile (1969) (UK)
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