Theorem ( Teorema )

Theorem (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Teorema
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
94 min + 45 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1968 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Written By:
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Actors:
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
Alfonso Gatto ..... Doctor

Synopsis:

Terence Stamp is known only as 'The Visitor' in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema. The mysterious stranger insinuates himself into the home of a wealthy Italian family, where he exerts a curious, sensual spirituality over everyone in the household. He then proceeds to seduce everyone in the family (male and female) including the maid, which gives each person some sort of unique epiphany. Because he reveals so little about his innermost thoughts, 'The Visitor' becomes all things to all people. What it boils down to is this: Is the enigmatic visitor Christ, or is he the Devil? Matching Terence Stamp's multi-textured performance every step of the way is Laura Betti as the family's maid; Betti, in fact, won the 'Best Actress Award' at the 1968 Venice Film Festival. Director Pasolini adapted the screenplay of Teorema from his own novel.

A handsome, enigmatic stranger (Terence Stamp) arrives at a bourgeois household in Milan and successfully seduces each family member, not forgetting the maid. Then, as abruptly and mysteriously as he arrive, he departs. Unable to endure the void left in their lives, the father (Massimo Girotti) hands over his factory to the workers, the son abandons his vocation as a painter, the mother (Silvana Mangano) abandons herself to random sexual encounters, and the daughter sinks into catatonia. The maid (Laura Betti), however, becomes a saint.

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 ?

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 October, 2011.

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