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Release Date:
7 September 1968 (Italy)
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There are only 923 words spoken in "Teorema" - but it says everything!
Plot:
A strange visitor in a wealthy family. He seduces the maid, the son, the mother, the daughter and finally the father before leaving a few days after...
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Sex
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Christ Allegory
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Male Nudity
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Religion
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Silvana Mangano | ... | Lucia, the mother | |
| Terence Stamp | ... | The Visitor | |
| Massimo Girotti | ... | Paolo, the father | |
| Anne Wiazemsky | ... | Odetta, the daughter | |
| Laura Betti | ... | Emilia, the servant | |
| Andrés José Cruz Soublette | ... | Pietro, the son | |
| Ninetto Davoli | ... | Angelino - the Messenger | |
| Carlo De Mejo | ... | Boy | |
| Adele Cambria | ... | Emilia - the second servant | |
| Luigi Barbini | ... | Boy at the station | |
| Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia | ... | Second boy (as Ivan Scratuglia) | |
| Alfonso Gatto | ... | Doctor |
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Theorem
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Runtime:
105 min | Australia:104 min | Germany:97 min | Finland:99 min (cinema release) (1971)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Italy:(Banned) (original rating) |
Italy:VM18 (re-rated) |
Spain:18 |
Australia:MA (TV rating) |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:R |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-16 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1994) |
UK:X (original rating) |
West Germany:16 (bw) |
Brazil:18
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Second part of Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Mythical Cycle" also including Edipo re (1967), Porcile (1969) and Medea (1969).
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References Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964)
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Tears for Dolphy
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When it was released,"teorema" caused a scandal (but not as huge as "Salo" seven years later).However,it won the Catholic Office of Cinema prize.How come? Maybe because sex is these people's road of Damascus.The Angel,played by Terence Stamp,might one of the two messengers who came to Sodom in order to warn Lot.Some claimed that Pasolini wanted to reconcile Christians and Marxists:it is not impossible,considering the father's (Massimo Girotti) attitude who divests himself of all that he possesses.But as for the other characters,I do not think that the proof is really convincing. Finally,Pasolini is more talented when he tackles myths and religions ("Gospel according to St Matthews","Medea","Oedipe Re")and those flicks tell us more about our "modern" behaviors than something as far-fetched as "teorema".
NB:"Teorema" was deemed so scandalous that the trailer did not show any scenes of the movie but consisted of the cast and credits over an almost white screen (or maybe one picture of Stamp and Mangano).