Sal%C3%B2, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Sal, or the 120 Days of Sodom Italian Sal o le 120 giornate di Sodoma , commonly referred to as simply Sal Italiansal , is a 1975 ItalianFrench art film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, with uncredited writing contributions by Pupi Avati. It is based on the book The 120 Days of Sodom, by the Marquis de Sade. The story is in four segments, inspired by Dantes Divine Comedy the Anteinferno, the Circle of Manias, the Circle of Shit and the Circle of Blood. The film also contains frequent references to and several discussions of Friedrich Nietzsches 1887 book On the Genealogy of Morality, Ezra Pounds poem The Cantos, and Marcel Prousts novel sequence In Search of Lost Time. It was Pasolinis last film he was murdered shortly before Sal was released. Because it depicts youths subjected to intensely graphic violence, relentless sadism, sexual deviance, and brutal murder, the film was extremely controversial upon its release, and remains banned in several countries. For instance, it was only in the year 2000 that it was granted an uncut release in the UK.

In 1944 in the Republic of Sal, the Fascistoccupied portion of Italy, four wealthy men of power, the Duke, the Bishop, the Magistrate and the President, agree to marry each others daughters as the first step in a debauched ritual. They recruit four teenage boys to act as guards and four young soldiers called studs, cockmongers or fuckers, who are chosen because of their big penises. They then kidnap nine young men and nine young women and take them to a palace near Sal. Accompanying them are four middleaged prostitutes, also collaborators, who recount arousing stories for the men, who sadistically exploit their victims.During the many days at the palace, the four men devise increasingly abhorrent tortures and humiliations for their own pleasure. During breakfast, the daughters enter the dining hall naked to serve food. One of the studs trips and rapes a daughter in front of the crowd, which laughs at her cries of pain. Intrigued, the President moons several slaves before prompting the stud to perform anal sex on him. Two victims are forced to marry. The ceremony is interrupted when the Duke fondles several victims and prostitutes. At the end, the bride and groom are forced to fondle each other and the men rape them to stop them from having sex with each other. During this, the Magistrate engages with the Duke in threeway intercourse. ........

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