Porcile (Pigpen) (Pigsty) (1969)

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Julian (Jean-Pierre Leaud) is the son of German industrialist Klotz (Alberto Lionello) who seeks to go into business with the former Nazi Herdhitze (Ugo Tognazzi). Herdhitze had spent most of World War II collecting human skulls for experiments with brain matter. As a protest, Julian refuses to… More Julian (Jean-Pierre Leaud) is the son of German industrialist Klotz (Alberto Lionello) who seeks to go into business with the former Nazi Herdhitze (Ugo Tognazzi). Herdhitze had spent most of World War II collecting human skulls for experiments with brain matter. As a protest, Julian refuses to marry his fiancé from a pre-arranged marriage, and he becomes romantically involved with pigs. Part two finds a man driven to cannibalism by hunger while wandering Mount Etna. He scavenges the mountainside looking for any kind of sustenance. In both cases, humans revert to animal behavior when they are removed from the spectrum of social rules and opinions. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genres: Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1969 Wide
On DVD: Mar 29, 2005
Studio: Water Bearer Films Inc.

Critic Reviews

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
This isn't one of Pasolini's greatest films, though it's possibly the one that today best shows the warp and woof of its period.
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Pasolini's freak-out is rigorously controlled, his political vaudeville is unsurpassable
, Time Out
Not only an exquisitely revolting satire, it is also Pasolini's most fascinating piece of cinema.
Greg Muskewitz, eFilmCritic.com
Slipshod, disconnected, uninvolving, and utterly boring.
, Film4
One of Pasolini's most enigmatic films.

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Anthony L

With Pigsty, Pasolini again exaggerates the Imagery/dialogue/performances, merges the contrast between the rich and the poor and shows us dark sides of humanity with a very knowing undertone of anti establishment, or at least, of Italian politics/Religious ideals of the time. Do we… More
With Pigsty, Pasolini again exaggerates the Imagery/dialogue/performances, merges the contrast between the rich and the poor and shows us dark sides of humanity with a very knowing undertone of anti establishment, or at least, of Italian politics/Religious ideals of the time. Do we do wrong out of necessity/passion/obsession/perversion, does it all come very naturally to us or is evil and perversity man made, if so, is it because we enjoy them so much. A typically dark and grotesque comedy from Pasolini, another sacrifice in the name of art and rebellion. Society owes him a lot more than history lets on I believe.
Dimitris S

2 allegorical stories make this a demi comedy by that legendary scholar/poet/post-modern inquisitor.Cannibalism,a series of totalitarian fragments,the director Marco Ferreri and cult avant-garde figure Anne Wiazemsky in guest roles,why...it's a nutcase!It's more than a… More
2 allegorical stories make this a demi comedy by that legendary scholar/poet/post-modern inquisitor.Cannibalism,a series of totalitarian fragments,the director Marco Ferreri and cult avant-garde figure Anne Wiazemsky in guest roles,why...it's a nutcase!It's more than a superficial story however,faithful to a leftist idea of freedom and anarchy,Pasolini presents us caricatures in unorthodox angles and...carnivorous lusts!