Salo, Or The 120 Days of Sodom
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Salo, 120 Days of Sodom (1975, Italy/France) is a Shocksploitation film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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Main Details
- Released on November 25, 1975 (Paris Film Festival)
- Color
- Running Time: 116 min | Argentina: 112 min | USA: 115 min
- Aspect Ratio: (1.85:1)
- Production Co: Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)
- Distribution Co: Zebra (USA), United Artists Europa (non-USA), Primer Plano Film Group S.A. (Argentina)
- Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Written by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Sergio Citti, from the novel The 120 Days of Sodom by The Marquis de Sade.
- Starring Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle
- Produced by Alberto De Stefanis, Antonio Girasante, Alberto Grimaldi
- Original Music by Ennio Morricone
- Cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli
- Film Editing by Nino Baragli, Tatiana Casini Morigi, Enzo Ocone
Plot Summary
- In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.
Taglines
- Banned in Australia for 17 years - Now for the first time Australian audiences have the opportunity to judge one of the most controversial films in the history of cinema. A work of rigorous moral intelligence or a descent into a nightmare of cruelty and lust? (1993)
- A disturbing motion picture for mature audiences who are prepared to view it.
- Direct from the New York Film Festival showing
- The final vision of a controversial filmmaker
Also Known As
- Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
- Salo ou les 120 journées de Sodome
- Die 120 Tage von Sodom (Germany)
- 120 dagar av Sodomi (Finland - Swedish title)
- Salò - Sodoman 120 päivää (Finland - DVD title)
- Salò eller Sodoms 120 dagar (Finland - Swedish title)
- Salò ou Os 120 Dias de Sodoma (Portugal)
- Salò, eller Sodoms 120 dagar (Sweden)
- Salò, o las 120 jornadas de Sodoma (Argentina - cable TV title)
- Saló o los 120 días de Sodoma (Spain)
- Saló, o los 120 días de Sodoma (Argentina)
- Salo ou les 120 journées de Sodome (France)
- Salo ya da Sodom'un 120 günü (Turkey - festival title) (Turkish title)
- Salo, avagy Sodoma 120 napja (Hungary)
- Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (International - English title)