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Fists in the Pocket

1965 · 110 min

A cold, unsettling plunge into a suffocating family, watching it with a mix of dread and grim fascination.

Directed by
Marco Bellocchio
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé
Overview
A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.

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Directed by
Marco Bellocchio
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • madness
  • isolation
  • death
  • guilt
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Marco Bellocchio
Written by
Marco Bellocchio
Starring
Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Pier Luigi Troglio, Jeannie McNeil, Irene Agnelli, Sandra Bergamini
Music
Ennio Morricone
Cinematography
Alberto Marrama
Runtime
110 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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