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Teorema

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Involvement with an ethereal stranger (Terence Stamp) leaves an indelible spiritual effect on a Milanese bourgeoisie family.
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Critics Consensus

Anchored by powerful performances and tied together by writer-director Pier Paolo Pasolini at the helm, Teorema poses intriguing questions behind a veil of mystery.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Apr 12, 2013
4/5
The film, made in 1968, was provocative then and remains so now. But it doesn't elucidate its ambivalent moral secrets easily. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian Apr 11, 2013
5/5
It is as if Pasolini has imagined how Italy's bland, complacent, stagnant governing class could be blown wide open: like putting a hundredweight of dynamite in the San Andreas fault. Go to Full Review
David Parkinson Empire Magazine Apr 8, 2013
4/5
Whichever of the various interpretations you ascribe to this socio-political parody, the quality is undeniable. Go to Full Review
Sam Moore Vague Visages Jun 5, 2024
At a first glance, Teorema seems like a film that would foreground the political...but instead, Pasolini uses the ideas that surround wealthy families as a way to explore silence, sadness and the ways in which people lose touch with their identities... Go to Full Review
Scott Nye Battleship Pretension Jun 29, 2023
Pasolini frequently uses those who push themselves to the margins of society to expose our collective and individual weaknesses, and our determination to maintain the image of order. Go to Full Review
Harvey G. Cox Tempo (National Council of Churches) Jan 7, 2021
The trouble with this film is that Pasolini may be trying to do too much all at once. So he has to oversimplify. Go to Full Review
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Lynn R @RT54441037 Aug 2, 2025 I’m giving it 2 stars bc I luv Terrence Stamp. And I liked the opening. It starts in black and white and then all of a sudden it goes into color. That was an unexpected surprise. But other than that , I’m not quite sure what the director’s message was. I get Stamp’s character is Christ like. But personally, I prefer that characterization in his performance as Billy Budd. Considering that his character is Christ like. Or Godly. I would not want to be touched by God in this story. What a price to pay. Now is the Director such a Marxist that he wanted this family to pay for their sins for reaping the benefits of capitalism? I don’t know? I would have thought being touched by God the opposite would have happened and the family would have come together and found love and togetherness. Not in this film. Obviously the director hates capitalism. And wants to show you how it will destroy the family. I like avant garde films. But I think I’m more a Fellini fan. See more
Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 24, 2025 Success in 1 hour and 40 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Italian and American English audio options with American English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more
Shioka O @RT54204327 Nov 16, 2022 The art direction is superb. Every footage is a complete picture. Great acting. I'm not Catholic so that I couldn't fully understand/empathise the context behind it. I know Stamp is the stranger, but I am confused because seems like there are so much protagonists at once. See more
s r @ScottR Mar 2, 2020 Some compelling ideas, but ultimately too artsy for its own good. See more
Jun 28, 2019 In fact, The Visitor never seduces anyone. All five characters seduce him, one by one. This is a crucial difference. See more
Apr 11, 2019 Un ritratto accurato della borghesia italiana negli anni '60 con tutte le sue ipocrisie e segreti. See more
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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Director

Silvana Mangano

Lucia

Terence Stamp

The Visitor

Massimo Girotti

Paolo

Anne Wiazemsky

Odetta

Laura Betti

Emilia

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Synopsis Involvement with an ethereal stranger (Terence Stamp) leaves an indelible spiritual effect on a Milanese bourgeoisie family.
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Producer
Franco Rossellini, Manolo Bolognini
Screenwriter
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Production Co
Aetos Produzioni Cinematografiche
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 27, 2019
Runtime
1h 40m
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