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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 | |
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Adele Cambria | ... | Emilia - the second servant |
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Luigi Barbini | ... | Il ragazzo alla stazione |
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Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia | ... | Second boy (as Ivan Scratuglia) |
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Alfonso Gatto | ... | Doctor |
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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. After he's gone, none of them can continue living as they did. Who was that visitor ? Could he be God ? Written by Yepok
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Interviewer: Your boss gave you workers his factory. What do you think of his gesture? Is he still the focus here?
Factory Worker: Of course.
Interviewer: Has he thus blocked all chance of a future workers' revolution?
Factory Worker: Possibly.
Interviewer: Is his action an isolated case, or part of a general trend today?
Factory Worker: Part of a general trend, I think.
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Lucia (Silvana Mangano) sleeps with full makeup, thick mascara, and false eyelashes undisturbed. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Interviewer: Your boss gave you workers his factory. What do you think of his gesture? Is he still the focus here?
Factory Worker: Of course.
Interviewer: Has he thus blocked all chance of a future workers' revolution?
Factory Worker: Possibly.
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Factory Worker: Part of a general trend, I think.
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27 November 1968 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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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.