Rent Theorem (1968)
3.4 of 5 from 99 ratings
1h 34min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
A handsome, enigmatic stranger (Terence Stamp) arrives at a bourgeois household in Milan and successively seduces each family member, not forgetting the maid. Then, as abruptly and mysteriously as he arrived, he departs. Unable to endure the void left in their lives, the father (Massimo Girotti) hands over his factory to the workers, the son abandons his vocation as a painter, the mother (Silvana Mangano) abandons herself to random sexual encounters, and the daughter sinks into catatonia. The maid (Laura Betti), however, becomes a saint. In this cool, richly complex and provocative political allegory Pasolini uses his schematic plot to explore family dynamics, the intersection of class and sex, and the nature of different sexualities. After winning a prize at Venice Festival, Theorem was subsequently banned on an obscenity charge, but Pasolini later won an acquittal on ground of the film's 'high artistic value'. Theorem is visually ravishing, with superb performances from all the cast and a brilliantly eclectic soundtrack - with music ranging from Mozart and Morricone to the natural sound of chirping birds. - Actors:
- Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky, Laura Betti, Andrés José Cruz Soublette, Ninetto Davoli, Carlo De Mejo, Adele Cambria, Luigi Barbini, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Alfonso Gatto, Cesare Garboli, Susanna Pasolini
- Directors:
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Producers:
- Manolo Bolognini, Franco Rossellini
- Writers:
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Aka:
- Teorema
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like Rebecca, 10 Films to Watch Next If You Liked: Prick Up Your Ears, A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Lions on the Lido, Top Films of 1968
- Countries:
- Italy
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/05/2013
- Run Time:
- 98 minutes
- Languages:
- Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Italian Film Expert Robert Gordon
- 2013 Theatrical Release Trailer
