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A young man takes drastic measures to rid his dysfunctional family of its various afflictions.A young man takes drastic measures to rid his dysfunctional family of its various afflictions.A young man takes drastic measures to rid his dysfunctional family of its various afflictions.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations
Pier Luigi Troglio
- Leone
- (as Pierluigi Troglio)
Jeannie McNeil
- Lucia
- (as Jenny Mac Neil)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThe house, the film's main location, is the house director Marco Bellocchio spent his childhood days in.
- GoofsWhen the whole family is having dinner, Augusto is seated at one corner of the table and the mother is sitting on a side at the other corner. The cat is shown to be eating meat off the mother's plate in one scene, but in the next scene Augusto is shown picking up the cat as if was right next to him on the table. Once he removes the cat, the next camera angle again shows Augusto and the mother at opposite ends.
- Quotes
Alessandro: I'm a volcano of ideas.
- ConnectionsEdited into Sorelle (2006)
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Tame in comparison to what we can see these days
(1965) Fists in My Pocket/ I pugni in tasca
PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA
Written and directed by Marco Bellocchio starring Marino Masé as Augusto craving to leave his family life to marry and be independent, except that he has one brother who has epilepsy, his mother is blind, and another brother who has seizures, Alessandro or Ale for short(Lou Castel). The only 2 people who appear to not having any kind of physical ailments are the oldest brother, Augusto and his sister, Giulia (Paola Pitagora) who may have some incest thoughts. Viewers soon learn that Ale also has a mental ailment as well as a social path who reacts to his oldest brothers burden. Music score by Ennio Morricone. Controversial in it's initial release and denounced by the Catholic church.
Written and directed by Marco Bellocchio starring Marino Masé as Augusto craving to leave his family life to marry and be independent, except that he has one brother who has epilepsy, his mother is blind, and another brother who has seizures, Alessandro or Ale for short(Lou Castel). The only 2 people who appear to not having any kind of physical ailments are the oldest brother, Augusto and his sister, Giulia (Paola Pitagora) who may have some incest thoughts. Viewers soon learn that Ale also has a mental ailment as well as a social path who reacts to his oldest brothers burden. Music score by Ennio Morricone. Controversial in it's initial release and denounced by the Catholic church.
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- Fist in His Pocket
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- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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