Pigsty (1969)
- Original title
- Porcile
- Directed by
- Sergio Citti, Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- VM18
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 165 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two parallel stories show acts of rebellion and transgression. One follows a man who abandons society to live in a pigsty, and the other involves a former Nazi hiding in plain sight. The film critiques fascism, consumerism, and moral decay in postwar Europe.
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What happens
Pigsty (Italian: Porcile) is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marco Ferreri, Ugo Tognazzi, Pierre Clémenti, Alberto Lionello, Franco Citti and Anne Wiazemsky. The Criterion Collection's website states "Provocateur Pier Paolo Pasolini is at his most incendiary in this double-edged allegory on fascism, consumerism, and resistance. .... these stories of transgression form a scathing commentary on postwar European moral rot and the meaning of rebellion in the face of a corrupt world." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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