Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
The final vision of a controversial filmmaker.
The final vision of a controversial filmmaker.
Drama, Horror
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1976
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Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
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Runtime:
117 min
Release date:
10 Jan 1976
Country:
IT, FR
Languages:
German, French, Italian
Budget:
$800,000
Revenue:
$1,800,000
Awards:
2 wins total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
It's very hard to sit through and offers no insights whatsoever into power, politics, history or sexuality. Nasty stuff.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Very hard to take, but in its own way an essential work.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
23 Oct 2007
rotten:
A perfect example of the kind of material that, theoretically, anyway, can be acceptable on paper but becomes so repugnant when visualized on the screen that it further dehumanizes the human spirit, which is supposed to be the artist's concern.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005