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Theorem
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.
1968 · Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · 95 min · Mystery · Drama · 18 frames
Tagline
There are only 923 words spoken in "Teorema" – but it says everything!
Crew
- Screenplay: Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cinematography: Giuseppe Ruzzolini
- Edited by: Nino Baragli
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Production design: Luciano Puccini
- Produced by: Manolo Bolognini, Franco Rossellini
Cast
- Terence Stamp as The Visitor
- Silvana Mangano as Lucia, the Mother
- Massimo Girotti as Paolo, the Father
- Anne Wiazemsky as Odetta, the Daughter
- Andrés José Cruz Soublette as Pietro, the Son
- Laura Betti as Emilia, the Servant
- Ninetto Davoli as Angelino, the Messenger
- Carlo De Mejo as Lucia's first lover
- Adele Cambria as Emilia, the Second Servant
- Luigi Barbini as Boy at the station
Production
- Country: Italy
- Language: Italian
- Studios: Aetos Produzioni Cinematografiche, B.R.C. Produzione Film
- Themes: italian, bourgeoisie, host family, household, stranger, lgbt, bisexual man, visitor, mysterious character, sexual encounter
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