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Overview

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Writers:
Pier Paolo Pasolini (novel)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 September 1968 (Italy) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Terence Stamp: Recognizing The General
 (From Hollywood Outbreak. 16 December 2008, 10:30 AM, PST)

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Strange Metaphoric Movie more (45 total)

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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Theorem
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Runtime:
105 min | Australia:104 min | Germany:97 min | Finland:99 min (cinema release) (1971)
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian | English
Color:
Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
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

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Second part of Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Mythical Cycle" also including Edipo re (1967), Porcile (1969) and Medea (1969). more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Bijitâ Q (2001) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Tears for Dolphy more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Strange Metaphoric Movie, 14 July 2002
Author: (mg1119) from California

Pier Pasolini creates a surrealistic, dreamy mood in the story of a stranger who proves to be a life-changing catalyst for an entire family. The stranger doesn't say much, but he really doesn't have to. The beautiful male visitor is played by Terence Stamp, at the height of his striking good looks. He manages to seduce the entire family, and functions as a miraculous religious figure in the process. The sexuality is really of the gay male variety, but the women of the family manage to "beard" the total extent of Pasolini's intentions. The film also serves as a criticism of post-war industrialized Italy and its depersonalizing cultural destruction. Lots of haunting imagery. Also, it's one of Pasolini's more "watchable" films. Nothing too disturbing here in comparison to some of his other movies.

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