Pasolini

Pasolini

A kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.

2014 · 87 min · ★ 5.7 · History, Drama

We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray Alfa Romeo. Over the course of the action, Pasolini’s life and his art are constantly refracted and intermingled to the point where they become one.

Directed by Abel Ferrara · Written by Maurizio Braucci

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Willem Dafoe Pier Paolo Pasolini
Ninetto Davoli Epifanio
Riccardo Scamarcio Ninetto Davoli
Valerio Mastandrea Nico Naldini
Roberto Zibetti Carlo
Andrea Bosca Andrea Fago
Giada Colagrande Graziella Chiarcossi
Damiano Tamilia Pino Pelosi
Francesco Siciliano Furio Colombo
Luca Lionello Narrator (voice)
Salvatore Ruocco Politician
Adriana Asti Susanna Pasolini

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