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Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)
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Release Date:
January 1976 (Italy)
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Tagline:
The 120 Days of Sodom more
Plot:
Four fascist libertines round up 9 teenages boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental and sexual torture. full summary | add synopsis
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Fascism via De Sade
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Paolo Bonacelli | ... | The Duke | |
| Giorgio Cataldi | ... | The Bishop | |
| Umberto Paolo Quintavalle | ... | The Magistrate (as Umberto P. Quintavalle) | |
| Aldo Valletti | ... | The President | |
| Caterina Boratto | ... | Signora Castelli | |
| Elsa De Giorgi | ... | Signora Maggi | |
| Hélène Surgère | ... | Signora Vaccari (as Helene Surgere) | |
| Sonia Saviange | ... | The Pianist | |
| Sergio Fascetti | ... | Male Victim | |
| Bruno Musso | ... | Male Victim | |
| Antonio Orlando | ... | Male Victim | |
| Claudio Cicchetti | ... | Male Victim | |
| Franco Merli | ... | Male Victim | |
| Umberto Chessari | ... | Male Victim | |
| Lamberto Book | ... | Male Victim |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Salo ou les 120 journées de Sodome (France)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (International: English title)
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Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (International: English title)
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Runtime:
116 min | 145 min (premiere version)
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Italy:(Banned) (original rating) |
West Germany:18 (nf) (cut) (original rating) |
Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (uncut) |
Finland:(Banned) (1976) |
Finland:K-18 (2001) |
Italy:VM18 (re-rated) |
Australia:(Banned) (1976-1993) (1998- ) |
Australia:R (1993-1998) (uncut) |
West Germany:(Banned) (cinema release) |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 (uncut) |
Japan:R-18 |
UK:X (original rating) (cut) (alternate footage) |
Hungary:18 |
Brazil:18 |
Chile:18 |
Argentina:18 |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
Canada:R (Ontario) |
France:-16 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:(Banned) (original rating) |
New Zealand:R18 (re-rating) (2001) (uncut) |
Portugal:M/18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 (re-rating) (2000) (uncut) |
France:X (original rating) |
Norway:18 (re-rating) (2005) (video premiere) |
Norway:(Banned) (1976-2003) (cinema release) |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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When Pier Paolo Pasolini was asked who is the film's audience, he said, "It's for everyone. For people like me."
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[first lines]
[four men, sitting at a table, each sign a booklet]
The Duke: Your Excellency.
The Magistrate: Mr. President.
The President: My lord.
The Bishop: All's good if it's excessive.
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[four men, sitting at a table, each sign a booklet]
The Duke: Your Excellency.
The Magistrate: Mr. President.
The President: My lord.
The Bishop: All's good if it's excessive.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Cinemania: Oi apagorevmenes tainies: I logokrisia ston kinimatografo" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Prelude in E minor
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I'm going to keep this short. If you want to see Salo simply to see what all the hype is about, keep your $600. Or rent it. If you can find it. I happen to own the Criterion release that is now being ripped and sold on Ebay for $400-600 bucks. Is it worth it? No. Is any film? No. Is it an excellent film? Absolutely.
Try not to think of Pasolini's masterpiece as a shock-for-shock's sake project and you'll truly understand the horror that is Salo. While the depiction of violence, sodomy, corpophagia, eye-gouging, scalping, nipple burning with candles, etc. etc. is horrific it is Pasolini's treatment of the boys and girls that is much more horrifying.
The monsters that occupy this small space of two hours, the fascists, are more human that their victims. We are given no insight into the lives of these children, while we are shown at great length the heads of state personal histories and sadistic proclivities.
Salo has stood the test of time because of it's unflinching portrayal of human violence and idealism, and the fact that, as the Criterion collection states: "Moral redemption may be nothing but a myth." Be warned: for many, Salo is a film not easily shaken off after a single viewing.