MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 1,772 this week

Love Meetings (1964)
"Comizi d'amore" (original title)

7.3
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 464 users  
Reviews: 7 user | 13 critic

Microphone in hand, Pier Paolo Pasolini asks Italians to talk about sex: he asks children where babies come from, young and old women if they are men's equals, men and women if a woman's ... See full summary »

0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 84 titles created 8 months ago
 
a list of 20 titles created 09 Dec 2011
 
a list of 29 titles created 1 week ago
 
a list of 21 titles created 21 Apr 2012
 
a list of 99 titles created 06 Jan 2012
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Love Meetings (1964)

Love Meetings (1964) on IMDb 7.3/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Love Meetings.

Photos

Edit

Cast

Credited cast:
...
Himself - Interviewer
Lello Bersani ...
Speaker (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Io Apolloni
Ignazio Buttitta ...
Himself
Adele Cambria ...
Herself
Camilla Cederna ...
Herself
Graziella Chiarcossi ...
The Bride
Peppino Di Capri ...
Himself
Oriana Fallaci ...
Herself
Graziella Granata ...
Herself
Antonella Lualdi ...
Herself
Alberto Moravia ...
Himself
Cesare Musatti ...
Himself
Giuseppe Ungaretti ...
Himself
Edit

Storyline

Microphone in hand, Pier Paolo Pasolini asks Italians to talk about sex: he asks children where babies come from, young and old women if they are men's equals, men and women if a woman's virginity matters, how they view homosexuals, how sex and honor connect, if divorce should be legal, and if they support closing the brothels (the Merlina Act). He periodically checks in with Alberto Moravia and Cesare Musatti. Bersani is intrusive and judgemental, prodding those who answer. The film's thesis: despite the booming post-war economy, Italians' attitudes toward sex are either rigidly Medieval (the poor and the South) or muddled and self-censoring (the bourgeoisie and the North). Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Genres:

Documentary

Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

5 May 1965 (Italy)  »

Also Known As:

Love Meetings  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Company Credits

Production Co:

 »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Comizi d'amore 2000 (2000) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
Disappointing, but for other reasons.
10 October 2004 | by (Seattle) – See all my reviews

I too was disappointed, but not for the reasons cited in the previous comment.

Instead, I found the film very hard to follow, with lots of academic buzzwords (interviewer Pasolini refers to "the sex problem" at least 20 times), not all of it subtitled, and subtitles that faded out of legibility against light backgrounds.

The movie was visually unappetizing, in part because of inconsistent and often inept camera work, and in part because of a sloppy transfer to tape that washed out the middle tones and often made it hard to see and read people's faces.

The most annoying element was the recurrent muting of the voice tracks (and of course the accompanying sub-titles) that was labeled "self-censorship." Was this a comment on official censorship of the time? I get the impression that the most interesting answers were lost to the audience through this process.

An interesting and meaty idea from a provocative and often great filmmaker, undercut by directorial inexperience and poor repackaging.


7 of 22 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Discuss Love Meetings (1964) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?