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Love Meetings

1965 · 88 min

A candid, often wry tour of a society squirming under uncomfortable questions, equal parts illuminating and awkward.

Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lello Bersani, Alberto Moravia
Overview
Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite thing to talk about in public: he asks children if they know where babies come from; asks old and young women if they support gender equality; asks both sexes if a woman's virginity still matters, what do they think of homosexuality, if divorce should be legal, or if they support the recent abolition of brothels. He interviews blue-collar workers, intellectuals, college students, rural farmers, the bourgeoisie, and every other kind of people, painting a vivid portrait of a rapidly-industrializing Italy, hanging between modernity and tradition — toward both of which Pasolini shows equal distrust.

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Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lello Bersani, Alberto Moravia
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • sexuality
  • gender
  • class
  • morality
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Horror0
Humour4
Realism10
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lello Bersani, Alberto Moravia, Cesare Musatti, Peppino Di Capri, Ezio Pascutti, William Negri, Carlo Furlanis
Cinematography
Tonino Delli Colli, Mario Bernardo
Runtime
88 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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