Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
An unrelentingly grim and clinical descent into sadistic cruelty that is intellectually rigorous but emotionally devastating.
- About
- 1975 film by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Class
- Movie
- Year
- 1975
- Runtime
- 117 min
An unrelentingly grim and clinical descent into sadistic cruelty that is intellectually rigorous but emotionally devastating.
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| Scale | Value | 0 to 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Action | 2 | |
| Horror | 9 | |
| Humour | 1 | |
| Realism | 7 | |
| Romance | 0 | |
| Tension | 9 | |
| Darkness | 10 | |
| Complexity | 8 | |
| Emotional weight | 10 |
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