Horror · Drama
Italian (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma)
1976 · Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · 117 min
Italy, 1944. Four powerful men of the fascist Salò regime gather a group of young captives in an isolated villa and impose a rigid system of rules on them. A cold, formal and deliberately punishing film, it asks to be watched as an argument, not as entertainment.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining and still contested work of 1970s European art cinema, and a landmark in the debate over censorship, representation and the ethics of showing cruelty on screen.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a controlled argument about power and consumption, staged with formal rigour, not as a story that invites you to identify with anyone.
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