| Teorema | |
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| Directed by | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Written by | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
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| Cinematography | Giuseppe Ruzzolini |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production company | Aetos Film |
| Distributed by | Euro International Film |
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Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Teorema, known as Theorem in the United Kingdom, is a 1968 Italian surrealist[2] psychological drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and starring Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp and Massimo Girotti, with Anne Wiazemsky, Laura Betti, Andrés José Cruz Soublette, Alfonso Gatto and Carlo De Mejo. Pasolini's sixth film, it was the first time he worked primarily with professional actors. In this film, an upper-class Milanese family is introduced to, and then abandoned by, an otherworldly man with a mysterious divine force. Themes include the timelessness of divinity and the spiritual corruption of the bourgeoisie.
Teorema has been sometimes incorrectly cited as the source for the 1986 American comedy film Down and Out in Beverly Hills; though there are similar themes, the latter is inspired by a much older stage play from around 1932. It has also inspired Bruce LaBruce's 2024 film The Visitor.[3][4]
- ^ "Theorem (X)". British Board of Film Classification. 12 March 1969. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "40 Facts about the movie Teorema". Facts.net. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Bray, Catherine (19 February 2024). "'The Visitor' Review: Bruce LaBruce Is Back with a Spunky Call-to-Arms Loosely Inspired by 'Teorema'". Variety. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Del Don, Muriel (19 February 2024). "Review: The Visitor". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 March 2024.