72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Pasolini

Abel Ferrara
France - Italy - Belgium      87 m.
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In a film dreamlike and visionary, a blend of reality and imagination, Abel Ferrara reconstructs the last day in the life of Pier Paolo Pasolini with frequent collaborator Willem Dafoe as the great poet and filmmaker. One day, one life.  Rome, the night of November 2nd 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered. Pasolini is the symbol of an art that's fighting against the power. His writings are scandalous, his films are persecuted by the censors, many people love him and many hate him. The day of his death, Pasolini spends his last hours with his beloved mother and later on with his dearest friends, and finally goes out into the night in his Alfa Romeo in search of adventure in the eternal city. Dawn, Pasolini is found dead on a beach in Ostia on the outskirts of the city. The film will compete at the forthcoming Venice Film Festival.

Director
Abel Ferrara
Screenplay
Maurizio Braucci, Abel Ferrara, Nicola Tranquillino
Production
Capricci (France)
Thierry Lounas
Urania Pictures (Italy)
Conchita Airoldi
Tarantula (Belgium)
Joseph Rouschop
Photography
Stefano Falivene
Edition
Fabio Nunziata
Cast
Willem Dafoe, Ninetto Davoli, Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea, Adriana Asti, Maria de Medeiros
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
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Running Time
87 m.
Country
France - Italy - Belgium
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