This is a notorious and infamous film that has been unavailable in the UK for a long time. The BBFC have finally passed the film uncut. I watched the film for the first time last night and it was an experience. I've watched a lot of graphic disturbing films down the years and this is certainly one of the more indelible ones. It was director Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film before his death.
The film is based on the Marquis de Sade's novel 120 Days of Sodom, and is set in the Fascist Republic of Salo, Italy in 1944. A group of young people (eight boys and eight girls) are selected by a group of perverted Fascists and taken to a secluded mansion. While there, the group of youngsters are given rules, which they must stringently abide to, otherwise the consequence is death.
The group are naked most of the time in the main room. A woman reads out a perverse sexual story, which is then acted out on a member of the group. These depraved acts include rape, whippings and eating excrement. This continues until the final stages, when the group are taken into a courtyard, and we see the horrific graphic torture perpetrated on them. A powerful, perturbing film that focuses on the ugly debased side of humanity, and one that deserves to be seen.
The film is based on the Marquis de Sade's novel 120 Days of Sodom, and is set in the Fascist Republic of Salo, Italy in 1944. A group of young people (eight boys and eight girls) are selected by a group of perverted Fascists and taken to a secluded mansion. While there, the group of youngsters are given rules, which they must stringently abide to, otherwise the consequence is death.
The group are naked most of the time in the main room. A woman reads out a perverse sexual story, which is then acted out on a member of the group. These depraved acts include rape, whippings and eating excrement. This continues until the final stages, when the group are taken into a courtyard, and we see the horrific graphic torture perpetrated on them. A powerful, perturbing film that focuses on the ugly debased side of humanity, and one that deserves to be seen.