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Synopsis
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.
Cinematic DNA
Interviewer: I have to say I often think of Pasolini and his Teorema when I see your films. Yorgos Lanthimos: Yes, that is true, because Pasolini’s work is about the study of the bourgeoisie and the breakdown of society. So in that sense, yes, I am influenced by his films. However, he is a much more political filmmaker than I am.
Pasolini's work is about the study of the bourgeoisie and the breakdown of society. So in that sense, yes, I am influenced by his films. However, he is a much more political filmmaker than I am.
— Yorgos Lanthimos · Cineuropa interview: Yorgos Lanthimos
This Film Influenced
→ Call Me By Your Name (2017)
More from Pier Paolo Pasolini
Italy · Italian Neorealism
Films with Similar Themes
seduction · class and privilege · spiritual awakening · family dysfunction · mystery and the unknowable
