Name

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Known For

Directing

Birthday

1922-03-05

Deathday

1975-11-02 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Biography

Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.

Known For

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 12...

Relase Date : 10 Jan, 1976
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La Dolce Vita
(2,099 Votes)
8

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn...

Relase Date : 5 Feb, 1960
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Oedipus Rex
(375 Votes)
6.8

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his s...

Relase Date : 7 Sep, 1967
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Nights of Cabiria
(890 Votes)
7.965

Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescu...

Relase Date : 3 Oct, 1957
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The Decameron
(368 Votes)
6.9

A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a conv...

Relase Date : 25 Aug, 1971
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Ostia
(23 Votes)
5.6

Two anarchistic brothers live by petty thievery and try to recover from their Catholic upb...

Relase Date : 11 Mar, 1970
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6.1

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of sev...

Relase Date : 2 Sep, 1972
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Arabian Nights
(236 Votes)
6.5

The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves an...

Relase Date : 20 Jun, 1974
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Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attra...

Relase Date : 3 Mar, 1965
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Theorem
(464 Votes)
7

A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduce...

Relase Date : 7 Sep, 1968
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