I PUGNI IN TASCA

Fists in the Pocket


Italy
1965
109 minutes

An epileptic young man is resentful of his older brother's power and manoeuvres in ever more unhinged ways to get rid of his younger siblings. Powerful case study melodrama where coming of age, family oppression and psychosis are cleverly intertwined.

A Janus Films (in the US) release of a Doria Cinematografica production.
Starring Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé.
Directed and written by Marco Bellocchio; music by Ennio Morricone; director of photography (b&w), Alberto Marrama; production designer, Gisella Longo; film editor, Aurelio Mangiarotti.
Screened: DVD, Lisbon, May 19th 2010.

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