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Curd Cheese (1963)

Curd Cheese poster
Original title
La ricotta
Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
35 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film director shooting a passion play in modern Italy clashes with his egotistical lead actor. The set descends into chaos as class and hypocrisy are laid bare.

satiricalabsurdprovocativebleakdarkly comicearthyunsettlingtheatrical

What happens

La ricotta (ricotta, a curd cheese) is a short film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1963 and is part of the omnibus film Ro.Go.Pa.G. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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