Fists in the Pocket (1965)

Original title

I pugni in tasca

Directed by

Marco Bellocchio

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 223 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man with epilepsy schemes to kill off his dysfunctional family. The film follows his twisted plans and the unraveling of his household.

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What happens

Fists in the Pocket (Italian: I pugni in tasca) is a 1965 Italian satirical drama film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio and starring Lou Castel. It was Bellocchio's first feature film and became one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year. The film centers on a young man suffering from epilepsy, who plots the murders of the members of his dysfunctional family. In 2008, Fists in the Pocket was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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