Teorema
Pier Paolo Pasolini
A strangely beautiful young man works his way into a bourgeois family. The father, the mother, the son and the daughter cannot resist his charm. His unexpected departure put the family in turmoil…
With : Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Silvana Mangano, Anne Wiazemsky, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli
Screenplay : Pier Paolo Pasolini
Image : Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Sound : Dino Fronzetti
Music : W.A. Mozart, Ennio Morricone
Editing : Nino Baragli
Screenplay : Pier Paolo Pasolini
Image : Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Sound : Dino Fronzetti
Music : W.A. Mozart, Ennio Morricone
Editing : Nino Baragli
Production : Aetos Produzioni Cinematografiche
Distribution: Tamasa Distribution
http://www.tamasadiffusion.com/
Distribution: Tamasa Distribution
http://www.tamasadiffusion.com/
“Teorema (Theorem), as the name suggests, is based on a hypothesis which can be mathematically proved ad absurdam. Here is what I set: if a bourgeois family was visited by a young god, be it Dionysius or Jehovah, what would happen?” (Pasolini). With Theorem, Pasolini started a new poetic and moved towards the parable. Mixing sexuality and mysticism, this film won the grand prix of the International Catholic Organisation for Cinema and Audiovisual (OCIC), which caused a certain consternation in the Catholic audience. The film beautifully illustrates Pasolini's style, both sparse and mannerist, and it deals with a theme very dear to him, “balanced, ambiguously, between the a religious shiver and a sexual shiver” (Alberto Moravia).