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Actors: Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fists in the Pocket |
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Marco Bellocchio wrote and directed his first movie FISTS IN THE POCKET (I Pugni in tasca) in 1965.
The film is about a very dysfunctional family living in the Italian countryside. Firstly, there is the mother, blind, who reigns over her four children : Leone who's retarded, Sandro who's epileptic, their sister Giulia, and at least Antonio, maybe the only normal person of the family, who's on the verge of marrying Lucia, a girl from the city. One day, Sandro decides to help his brother Antonio to make the decision to leave the family and pushes his mother in a ravine. The death of the mother liberates Sandro who starts to go to the city with Antonio and to dream of a future for himself. Then, his next step is to drown his retarded brother Leone in the bathtub so that nothing would keep him from starting a new life.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Fists in the Pocket |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- All family members
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Italian
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture clash?
- family young v. old guard
Culture of surrounding area:
- Italian
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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