Rating: NR
Genre:
Horror
Theatrical Release: 01/10/1976(Italy)
Release Date: 08/26/2008
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Italian
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Gore, Torture
Distributor/Studio: Criterion
The final work of notorious Italian director
Pier Paolo Pasolini, this film updates the
Marquis de Sade's most extreme novel to fascist Italy in the final days of WW II. Dispensing with the novel's meditations on sexual liberation and the search for truth,
Pasolini presents four decadents who kidnap dozens of young men and women and subject them to the most hideous forms of torture and perversion in an isolated villa. Rape, murder, and a coprophagic banquet are only the beginning of the atrocities on display. Photographed by
Tonino Delli Colli, the film also features a lavish score by
Ennio Morricone.
~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide