Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)

Réalisateur:

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Scénaristes:

Pier Paolo Pasolini (written by) and
Sergio Citti (screenplay)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

janvier 1976 (Italy)

Genre:

Drame | Guerre

Accroche:

The 120 Days of Sodom

Intrigue:

Four fascist libertines round up 9 teenages boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental and sexual torture.

Plot Keywords:

Libertine | Teenage Boy | Piano | Voyeur | Torture

Avis des utilisateurs:

Don't judge this film too quickly.

Ensemble

Paolo Bonacelli	...	The Duke
Giorgio Cataldi	...	The Bishop
Umberto Paolo Quintavalle	...	The Magistrate (as Umberto P. Quintavalle)
Aldo Valletti	...	The President
Caterina Boratto	...	Signora Castelli
Elsa De Giorgi	...	Signora Maggi
Hélène Surgère	...	Signora Vaccari (as Helene Surgere)
Sonia Saviange	...	The Pianist
Sergio Fascetti	...	Male Victim
Bruno Musso	...	Male Victim
Antonio Orlando	...	Male Victim
Claudio Cicchetti	...	Male Victim
Franco Merli	...	Male Victim
Umberto Chessari	...	Male Victim
Lamberto Book	...	Male Victim
Gaspare Di Jenno	...	Male Victim
Giuliana Melis	...	Female Victim
Faridah Malik	...	Female Victim
Graziella Aniceto	...	Female Victim
Renata Moar	...	Female Victim
Dorit Henke	...	Female Victim
Antiniska Nemour	...	Female Victim (as Antinisca Nemour)
Benedetta Gaetani	...	Female Victim
Olga Andreis	...	Female Victim
Tatiana Mogilansky	...	Daughter
Susanna Radaelli	...	Daughter
Giuliana Orlandi	...	Daughter
Liana Acquaviva	...	Daughter
Rinaldo Missaglia	...	Guard
Giuseppe Patruno	...	Guard
Guido Galletti	...	Guard
Efisio Etzi	...	Guard
Claudio Troccoli	...	Collaborator
Fabrizio Menichini	...	Collaborator
Maurizio Valaguzza	...	Collaborator
Ezio Manni	...	Collaborator
Paola Pieracci	...	Wife
Carla Terlizzi	...	Wife
Anna Maria Dossena	...	Wife
Anna Recchimuzzi	...	Wife
Ines Pellegrini	...	The Slave Girl
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Marco Lucantoni	...	First Male Victim (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Scénaristes
Pier Paolo Pasolini		written by and
Sergio Citti		screenplay collaborator
Pupi Avati		uncredited

Produit par
Alberto De Stefanis	....	producer
Antonio Girasante	....	producer
Alberto Grimaldi	....	producer

Musique originale
Ennio Morricone

Image
Tonino Delli Colli

Montage
Nino Baragli
Tatiana Casini Morigi
Enzo Ocone

Création des décors
Dante Ferretti

Décorateur de plateau
Osvaldo Desideri

Création des costumes
Danilo Donati

Maquillage
Giusy Bovino	....	hair stylist (as Giusi Bovino)
Osvaldo Desideri	....	makeup artist
Alfredo Tiberi	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Renzo David	....	production manager
Alessandro Mattei	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Umberto Angelucci	....	first assistant director
Fiorella Infascelli	....	second assistant director

Département Art
Italo Tomassi	....	painter (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Fausto Ancillai	....	sound mixer
Giorgio Loviscek	....	sound
Domenico Pasquadibisceglie	....	sound
Giuseppina Sagliano	....	boom operator

Effets spéciaux
Alfredo Tiberi	....	special effects

Caméra et Département Electrique
Sandro Battaglia	....	first assistant camera
Deborah Imogen Beer	....	still photographer (as Deborah Beer)
Emilio Bestetti	....	camera operator
Giancarlo Granatelli	....	second assistant camera
Carlo Tafani	....	camera operator

Dpartement Editorial
Stephen Bearman	....	colorist (digitally restored version)
Ugo De Rossi	....	assistant editor
Alfredo Menchini	....	assistant editor

Département Musique
Arnaldo Graziosi	....	musician: piano

Divers
Paula Mitchell	....	researcher (as Pola Kurlancheek)
Marco Bellocchio	....	voice dubbing: Aldo Valletti (uncredited)
Laura Betti	....	voice dubbing: Hélène Surgère (uncredited)
Giorgio Caproni	....	voice dubbing: Giorgio Cataldi (uncredited)

Companies de production

• Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)
• Les Productions Artistes Associés (co-production)

Distributeurs

• United Artists Europa (1975) (non-USA) (theatrical) (Europe)
• United Artists (1976) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Zebra (1977) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1992) (Canada) (VHS)
• Criterion Collection, The (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Water Bearer Films (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• British Film Institute (BFI) (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Primer Plano Film Group (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Primer Plano Film Group Video (2003) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
• Future Film (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Legend Films International (2005) (Germany) (VHS) (rights)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Kamras Film Group (2001) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Eagle Pictures (2003) (Italy) (DVD) (uncut)
• MGM/UA Home Video (????) (Sweden) (VHS) (VHS re-release)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Voyager Company, The (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (????) (West Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (????) (Sweden) (VHS)

Autres Companies

• International Recordings  sound synchronization
• Rocchetti e Carboni  wigs

Autre(s) titre(s):

Salo ou les 120 journées de Sodome (France)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (International: English title)

Durée:

116 min | 145 min (premiere version)

Pays:

Italy | France

Langue:

Italien | Français | Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Italy:(Banned) (original rating) | West Germany:18 (nf) (cut) (original rating) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (uncut) | Finland:(Banned) (1976) | Finland:K-18 (2001) | Italy:VM18 (re-rated) | Australia:(Banned) (1976-1993) (1998- ) | Australia:R (1993-1998) (uncut) | West Germany:(Banned) (cinema release) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 (uncut) | Japan:R-18 | UK:X (original rating) (cut) (alternate footage) | Hungary:14 | Brazil:18 | Argentina:18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:(Banned) (original rating) | New Zealand:R18 (re-rating) (2001) (uncut) | Portugal:M/18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (re-rating) (2000) (uncut) | France:X (original rating) | Norway:18 (re-rating) (2005) (video premiere) | Norway:(Banned) (1976-2003) (cinema release) | Germany:BPjM Restreint

Lieux de tournage:

Salò, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy

Société:

Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)

Anecdotes:

The "excrement" in the coprophagia scenes was a mixture of chocolate and orange marmalade.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
[four men, sitting at a table, each sign a booklet]
The Duke: Your Excellency.
The Magistrate: Mr. President.
The President: My lord.
The Bishop: All's good if it's excessive.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur The Demonologist (2010)

Bande son:

Prelude in C minor

Don't judge this film too quickly.

It appears most people find this movie to be sick, pointless, and without substance. That's unfair.

This is the strongest movie I've ever seen, and it made an IMPORTANT impression on me, a big horrorflick-devotee. It made me question a lot of things about former favourite films, and made me realize how sick it is to make horror and violence into entertainment. The problem with most movies is that violence is not portrayed violent enough, horror isn't portrayed horrible enough. Most 'thriller' films have these ingredients softened so that people can enjoy it, and THAT'S sick. This movie is SANE. It shows horror and violence as it IS - totally revolting and disgusting.

I sat as on needles for 1 hour 40 minutes, and felt really bad watching this film. It grossed me out, but I understood why this film is both good and important. It gives a sane perspective on violence, as opposed to SICK, SICK Hollywood-action where people get killed by 'heroes' and nobody raises an eyebrow.