Andres Jose Cruz Soublette, Anne Wiazemsky, Laura Betti

A strange visitor in a wealthy family. He seduces the maid, the son, the mother, the daughter and finally the father before leaving a few days after. After he's gone, none of them can continue living ...( read more  read more... )as they did. Who was that visitor?

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Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Release Date: September 7, 1968

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DVD Release Date: October 4, 2005

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  • September 8, 2009
    My first Pasolini film and I have to say I was both impressed and a little disapointed at the same time.
    A film that (when taken at face value) could be simply labled as abstract and hypersexual and mistakenly dismissed as JUST that.
    But for those who enjoy really deconstructin...( read more)g and putting a little thought into their analysis, will find layers of thought provoking symbolism and (sometimes) uncomfortable realism.
    The cast is amazing. Stamp in particular bringing both deeply knowing, yet totally illusive appeal to his character.
  • October 14, 2008
    It still haunts me. Since I watched it couple years ago, everytime I read, see or hear anything that has something to do with God - or religion, generally - it gets back to me, it hits me, like a confusing dream, one of those that one wish to experience again, to see it more clea...( read more)rly. Again. Through its arrogance. Its boldness. Its mystery.

    The greatest drama of Pasolini's work lays in the atheist's need to believe in something bigger than politics and properly functioning economy, the need that is constantly questioned by the latters. But what's significant, is his irresistible necessity to re-finding himself within this conflict. He's been doing this since "Mamma Romma". And what's so fascinating is its paradoxical nature, that he went so far in this need, not knowing when intellectual searching ends and believeing actually starts, and whether he marked the most important questions as well as they can be, or not. Only those like him can say anything worthwhile about God and his place in humanity, or society, for that matter? Probably. After all, for those who believe in no-matter-what sense, take it as a axiom, the problem is solved. God that, Jesus that, let's go to church, sing a prayer, grab a bite of host and then go through the rest of our day. The drama starts when you wish you could believe, but - sometimes by only turning on your TV or read a newspaper - you can't. "Teorema"'s fast, chaotic pace embody this tremendously strong, despairing emotion.

    The most important theme of "Teorema" is a matter of reception. A question, really. Whether this young, mysterious man (remarkable Terence Stamp) was God, Devil, or maybe Nietzsche's Superman, or some playboy so immensely atrractive that no one within the family to which he moves in couldn't resist a temptation to sleep with him? Each answer rises a different perspective to read off the story, the meaning behind the concequences of each member of the family's actions, and their mute servant (absolutely unforgettable Laura Betti). And whether they are good or bad also remains up for a viewer's consideration.

    This truly unique film - a visual poem, a fusion of highly symbolic images - let us realize, actually see the complexity of anything that is beyond our comprehension - it can be a matter of God, but not necessarily, maybe Good, or Evil - something that can't be put with one face in one place for the rest of our days. And what's more: it tells us that the searching is endless-- that one answer might suits us for a while, but some day we may find ourselves in a place where the feel will strike us and we'll have to change our perspective. That's what "Teorema" can open anyone for. If only one let it to do so. And then it will be constantly challenging and confusing, if only to decide whether one actually liked it or hated it or doesn't know anymore...

    As for me, I praise its horror it gave me.
  • October 14, 2008
    Few movies can inspire the spontaneous loss of consciousness like this one. It's just an ugly, badly dubbed and badly acted film that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The moral of the story sppears to be that sex with Terence Stamp will severely mess up your life.
  • July 18, 2009
    what.
    the.
    hell.
  • November 4, 2009
    Si tienen paciencia es sensacional!
  • September 14, 2009
    This is the most incredible and poetic film that Pasolini directed. The characters, the location and the narrative are symbols. Words in poetry can express many emotions, truths and philosophies, and so do the characters in Teorema. The general meaning of this film is open to dis...( read more)cussion. In my view The Visitor (Terence Stamp) represents love, and love in this regard can be inspiration, devotion to another person without personal benefit. When The Visitor shows the family another truth, and then abandons them, they are left in despair, and are unable to return to their former way of living. I think the family represents people living in a capitalist system. Pasolini was a Marxist and he directed this film in 1968, a revolutionary year in which the youth of Western Europe (and a part of Eastern Europe) revolted against their governments and wanted to build a society based on new principles. This is a very relevant film for unpoetical times.
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  • August 31, 2009
    strange, intriguing, powerful
  • July 30, 2009
    An allegorical political and religious drama by none other than Pasolini. Later served as the groundwork for which Takashi Miike's 'Visitor Q' was built. Recommended for fans of the radical, or for fans of Pasolini (often the two are one in the same, for example, see 'Salo: or ...( read more)the 120 Days of Sodom).
  • July 18, 2009
    tamame film ro be zabane italiai didam bedone zirnevis vali tamame harfharo fahmidam va teorama shahkare pasolinie,man italiai balad nistam!

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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

I don't feel ready to write about this mysterious film; perhaps, a week from now, I'll decide it is very bad, a failure. But perhaps it is the most brilliant work yet by that strange director, Pier Pa... full review

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