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HorrorDramaWar

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

- The final vision of a controversial filmmaker.

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

Release Date : 1976-01-10

Language :GermanFrenchItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Les Productions Artistes AssociésPEAUnited Artists

Production Country : FranceItaly

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Paolo Bonacelli

Character Name : The Duke

Original Name : Paolo Bonacelli

Gender : Male

Giorgio Cataldi

Character Name : The Bishop

Original Name : Giorgio Cataldi

Gender : Male

Uberto Paolo Quintavalle

Character Name : The Magistrate

Original Name : Uberto Paolo Quintavalle

Gender : Male

Aldo Valletti

Character Name : The President

Original Name : Aldo Valletti

Gender : Male

Caterina Boratto

Character Name : Signora Castelli

Original Name : Caterina Boratto

Gender : Female

Elsa De Giorgi

Character Name : Signora Maggi

Original Name : Elsa De Giorgi

Gender : Female

Hélène Surgère

Character Name : Signora Vaccari

Original Name : Hélène Surgère

Gender : Female

Sonia Saviange

Character Name : The Pianist

Original Name : Sonia Saviange

Gender : Female

Sergio Fascetti

Character Name : Sergio - Male Victim

Original Name : Sergio Fascetti

Gender : Male

Bruno Musso

Character Name : Carlo Porro - Male Victim

Original Name : Bruno Musso

Gender : Male

Antonio Orlando

Character Name : Tonino - Male Victim

Original Name : Antonio Orlando

Gender : Male

Claudio Cicchetti

Character Name : Male Victim

Original Name : Claudio Cicchetti

Gender : Male

Franco Merli

Character Name : Male Victim

Original Name : Franco Merli

Gender : Male

Umberto Chessari

Character Name : Male Victim

Original Name : Umberto Chessari

Gender : Male

Lamberto Book

Character Name : Lamberto Gobbi - Male Victim

Original Name : Lamberto Book

Gender : Male

Gaspare Di Jenno

Character Name : Rino - Male Victim

Original Name : Gaspare Di Jenno

Gender : Male

Giuliana Melis

Character Name : Female Victim

Original Name : Giuliana Melis

Gender : Female

Faridah Malik

Character Name : Fatimah - Female Victim

Original Name : Faridah Malik

Gender : Male

Graziella Aniceto

Character Name : Female Victim

Original Name : Graziella Aniceto

Gender : Male

Renata Moar

Character Name : Female Victim

Original Name : Renata Moar

Gender : Female

Dorit Henke

Character Name : Doris - Female Victim

Original Name : Dorit Henke

Gender : Female

Antiniska Nemour

Character Name : Female Victim

Original Name : Antiniska Nemour

Gender : Female

Benedetta Gaetani

Character Name : Female Victim

Original Name : Benedetta Gaetani

Gender : Male

Olga Andreis

Character Name : Eva - Female Victim

Original Name : Olga Andreis

Gender : Female

Tatiana Mogilansky

Character Name : Daughter

Original Name : Tatiana Mogilansky

Gender : Male

Susanna Radaelli

Character Name : Daughter

Original Name : Susanna Radaelli

Gender : Male

Giuliana Orlandi

Character Name : Daughter

Original Name : Giuliana Orlandi

Gender : Female

Liana Acquaviva

Character Name : Daughter

Original Name : Liana Acquaviva

Gender : Male

Rinaldo Missaglia

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Rinaldo Missaglia

Gender : Male

Giuseppe Patruno

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Giuseppe Patruno

Gender : Male

Guido Galletti

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Guido Galletti

Gender : Male

Efisio Etzi

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Efisio Etzi

Gender : Male

Claudio Troccoli

Character Name : Collaborator

Original Name : Claudio Troccoli

Gender : Male

Fabrizio Menichini

Character Name : Collaborator

Original Name : Fabrizio Menichini

Gender : Male

Maurizio Valaguzza

Character Name : Collaborator

Original Name : Maurizio Valaguzza

Gender : Male

Ezio Manni

Character Name : Collaborator

Original Name : Ezio Manni

Gender : Male

Paola Pieracci

Character Name : Wife

Original Name : Paola Pieracci

Gender : Male

Carla Terlizzi

Character Name : Wife

Original Name : Carla Terlizzi

Gender : Female

Anna Maria Dossena

Character Name : Wife

Original Name : Anna Maria Dossena

Gender : Female

Anna Recchimuzzi

Character Name : Wife

Original Name : Anna Recchimuzzi

Gender : Female

Ines Pellegrini

Character Name : The Slave Girl

Original Name : Ines Pellegrini

Gender : Female

Alessandro Gennari

Character Name : OVRA Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Alessandro Gennari

Gender : Male

Marco Lucantoni

Character Name : First Male Victim (uncredited)

Original Name : Marco Lucantoni

Gender : Male

Dante Trazzi

Character Name : Boys Recruiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Dante Trazzi

Gender : Male

Anna Troccoli

Character Name : First Female Victim (uncredited)

Original Name : Anna Troccoli

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-08-29

Well you have to hand it to Pier Paolo Pasolini - he had one hell of an imagination. Here he devises a story of a group of nine young men and women who are apprehended by four powerful Fascist officials and held captive for use in some of the most degrading and painful games of sex, humiliation and abuse. I was warned not to eat chocolate before I saw this, and towards the end of this bizarre depiction of cruelty, depravity and exploitation it became quite clear why - and I'd reiterate that here. There is something profoundly desperate about the film. It has nothing even vaguely redeeming about it. Is it allegorical? Perhaps Pasolini is swiping at what he perceived to be the beginning of the disposable culture? Perhaps the illustration of mankind at it's more obscene offers us his perspective on just what humanity had become by the mid 1970s? In any case, this is frankly rather a disgusting film to watch and though I did feel the ending had a great deal of suitable retribution to it, I still struggled to quite get my head around this epitome of man's inhumanity to their own kind. I doubt I shall ever watch it again, but it packed out the cinema in which I watched it and there was plenty of provocative conversation in the bar about it afterwards...

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DougG_YVR

@DougG_YVR

2023-06-07

Wow! You can't escape the fact that this movie pushes the limits of disturbing art! Many will call it sick. I suspect the point of this film is more about the depravity and dehumanization of fascism, political corruption, totalitarianism, and morality. I have not read the Marquis de Sade's work on which this film was based. **It isn't possible to "un-see" a film, so be prepared if you choose the experience.** It was described to me as "horror" before I watched it, and I'm not sure it truly captures the film's genre. I can't think of a film genre that adequately describes it. I will probably never watch it again or forget the images it seared on my brain. But I was challenged to think about various political and societal themes that are still very relevant today.