Salo: Les 120 Jours de Sodome

Titre original : Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

1975
R
1h 57m

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5,8/10

68 k

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POPULARITÉ

229

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En Italie, au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, quatre libertins fascistes rassemblent neuf jeunes hommes et jeunes filles et les soumettent à cent vingt jours de torture physique, mental... Tout lireEn Italie, au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, quatre libertins fascistes rassemblent neuf jeunes hommes et jeunes filles et les soumettent à cent vingt jours de torture physique, mentale et sexuelle.En Italie, au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, quatre libertins fascistes rassemblent neuf jeunes hommes et jeunes filles et les soumettent à cent vingt jours de torture physique, mentale et sexuelle.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,8/10

68 k

MA NOTE

POPULARITÉ

229

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Prix
- 1 victoire au total

Anecdotes
Despite the grim subject throughout the film, in an interview on the second disc of the Criterion Collection box set, actress Hélène Surgère claimed the mood was actually rather jovial on the set and that none of the teenage actors were actually harmed or traumatized. She said the abundance of teenagers who had never acted before led the mood to be happy and at times, even fun, with the cast often playing practical jokes on each other. She also said that the movie was literally "made" in the editing room and the filmmakers had no idea how grim a movie it was until they saw the finished product at the premiere.

Gaffes
When the Duke kisses several victims during Sergio and Renata's wedding, some victims and Ezio begin to laugh, off the character.

Citations
The Duke: We Fascists are the only true anarchists, naturally, once we're masters of the state. In fact, the one true anarchy is that of power.

Générique farfelu
Essential Bibliography: Roland Barthes: 'Sade, Fourier, Loyola' (Editions du Seuil); Maurice Blanchot: "Lautréamont et Sade' (Editions de Minuit; in Italy Dedalo Libri); Simone de Beauvoir: 'Faut-il brûler Sade' (Editions Gaimard); Pierre Klossowski: 'Sade mon prochain, le philosophe scélérat' (Editions du Seuil; in Italy SugarCo Edizioni); Philippe Sollers: 'L'écriture et l'experience des limites' (Editions du Seuil)

Autres versions
The film was rejected for cinema by the BBFC in 1976 and a private showing of the uncut version at the Old Compton Cinema Club in London's Soho resulted in a police raid and confiscation of the movie. A heavily edited version - minus 6 minutes of footage including scenes of torture, homosexuality and excrement eating, and including a 4 minute prologue describing the history of the town of Salo - was later prepared by UK censor James Ferman for club showings. The film was finally passed completely uncut for cinema and video in the UK in December 2000.

Connexions
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)

Bandes originales
Prelude in C minor
(uncredited)
Composed by Frédéric Chopin (uncredited)
Played by Arnaldo Graziosi (uncredited)

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6/10

So disturbing, but more than meets the eye

This is on the list of most disturbing movies ever. But it's not disturbing for the sake of it. There is an underlying exposition of a fascist government and it's ability to control to the most depraved extremes. I don't need to go into the plot, just don't watch if your skin crawls easily.

Apparently based loosely on the Marquis de Sade's eponymous story, it feels dirty...it feels icky. You will not finish the film feeling happy, relieved, redeemed, or satisfied. You will feel that humanity is capable of terrible things and sometimes for no real reason other than they can. It shows what happens when people blindly follow terrible people and abandoned their own sense of decency. The following orders defense will never work. When you've become an accomplice you ate equally guilty.

This movie has depth, but it's not an easy watch. It's not for a simple eve with a date. I can't imagine watching this with anyone other than fellow film students or a significant other you've been with for years.