Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
(1975)
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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
(1975)
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Paolo Bonacelli | ... |
The Duke
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Giorgio Cataldi | ... |
The Bishop
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Umberto Paolo Quintavalle | ... |
The Magistrate
(as Umberto P. Quintavalle)
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Aldo Valletti | ... |
The President
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Caterina Boratto | ... |
Signora Castelli
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Elsa De Giorgi | ... |
Signora Maggi
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Hélène Surgère | ... |
Signora Vaccari
(as Helene Surgere)
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Sonia Saviange | ... |
The Pianist
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Sergio Fascetti | ... | |
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Bruno Musso | ... | |
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Antonio Orlando | ... | |
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Claudio Cicchetti | ... | |
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Franco Merli | ... | |
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Umberto Chessari | ... | |
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Lamberto Book | ... | |
Set in the Nazi-controlled, northern Italian state of Salo in 1944, four dignitaries round up sixteen perfect specimens of youth and take them together with guards, servants and studs to a palace near Marzabotto. In addition, there are four middle-aged women: three of whom recount arousing stories whilst the fourth accompanies on the piano. The story is largely taken up with their recounting the stories of Dante and De Sade: the Circle of Manias, the Circle of Shit and the Circle of Blood. Following this, the youths are executed whilst each libertine takes his turn as voyeur. Written by <andrewm@kbss.bt.co.uk>
As the trivia do not mention it, I'd just like to explain the word Salo in the title. It is the place , near the lake Garda, in Northern Italy, where Mussolini founded a so-called Fascistissima Repubblica, which lasted from July 1943 till April 1945. The Republic of Salo was completely under the control of the Wehrmacht, and a puppet-government.
The place in itself appears at the beginning of the film, and is, sadly, an idyllic one.
By the way, I would add that it seems to me impossible that a French-speaker like Pasolini would not have thought about the fact that the word sounds like "salauds" in French, that is "bastards, rascals, etc".