Synopsis: The final work of notorious Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, this film updates the Marquis de Sade's most extreme novel to fascist Italy in the final days of WW II. Dispensing with the novel's meditations on sexual liberation and the search for truth, Pasolini presents four decadents who kidnap dozens of young men and women and subject them to the most hideous forms of torture and perversion in an isolated villa. Rape, murder, and a coprophagic banquet are only the beginning of the atrocities on display.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/IMDb Rating: 6.2/10 (8,489 votes)
Tomatometer: 71%
Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast:
Paolo Bonacelli .... The Duke
Giorgio Cataldi .... The Bishop
Umberto Paolo Quintavalle .... Chief Magistrate
Aldo Valletti .... The President
Caterina Boratto .... Signora Castelli
Elsa De Giorgi .... Signora Vaccari
Hélène Surgère .... Signora Vaccari
Sonia Saviange .... The Piano Virtuoso
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Title: Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma Source: DVD Retail / R1, NTSC / Criterion Size: 1.564.470.146 bytes (1/3 DVDR) Runtime: 01:56:43 Format: MKV
Video Codec: H264 (x264 rev.987) Video Bitrate: 1592 kbps Resolution: 716x464 (Anamorphic, displayed at 1.85 AR) Aspect Ratio: 1.85 (SAR: 32/27) Frame rate: 23.976 fps
Audio Codec: AC3 (mono) Audio Bitrate: 192 kbps Sampling Rate: 48 KHz
Language: Italian Subtitles (muxed in): English (SRT)
SA: HP @ Level 4.1 |
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