FISTS IN THE POCKET
synopsis
Alessandro, a young epileptic with paranoid inclinations, decides to relieve Augusto, the only sound brother, from the burden of a numerous family plagued with hereditary diseases. After a first aborted attempt, the dreadful series of accidents/murders is started by pushing the blind mother into a ravine. Then comes the turn of Leone, the idiotic brother. Will Alessandro be able to bring to completion his obsessive project ?
international title: | Fists in the Pocket |
original title: | I pugni in tasca |
country: | Italy |
year: | 1965 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marco Bellocchio |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | CH 31/07/1965, IT 08/1965, FR 18/04/1966, UK 05/1966, SE 16/05/1967, ES 28/02/1969, DE 05/12/1969, PL 02/1971, GR 11/2002, NL 29/12/2016 |
screenplay: | Marco Bellocchio |
cast: | Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé |
cinematography by: | Alberto Marrama |
film editing: | Silvano Agosti |
costumes designer: | Gisella Longo |
producer: | Enzo Doria |