Mario Sesti
Series
Criterion collection volume 286
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Italiano
Description
A man falls in love with a younger woman, but he is married and divorce is illegal. To get what he wants, he begins an elaborate scheme to kill his wife.
Series
Criterion collection volume 17
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Italiano
Description
In the titles, Pasolini informs viewers that it is "1944-45 nell' Italia Settentrionale durante l'occupazione nazifascista [in Northern Italy during the Nazi-Fascist occupation]." That, along with the "Bibliografia essenziale" that precedes it, indicates that a political meaning, dealing with the corruption of absolute power, was uppermost in the filmmakers mind. Motives aside, Pasolini's interpretation of the Marquis de Sade's eighteenth century...
Series
Criterion collection volume 350
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Italiano
Description
An Italian girl is seduced by her sister's boyfriend, setting in motion a chain of events which looks with tongue in cheek at the Sicilian code of honor, as the patriarch of the family tries to get the scoundrel to do right by his daughter.