Fists in the Pocket

Fists in the Pocket

1965 · 105 min · IT · NR · 7.8 (163 votes)
Dir. Marco Bellocchio · Starring Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Pier Luigi Troglio, Jeannie McNeil · Music Ennio Morricone
Drama

A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.

VIBE

A suffocating, darkly comic descent into familial despair. It feels like a fever dream, where unsettling observations about alienation and mental illness are delivered with a stark, unflinching gaze.

bleakunsettlingnihilisticclaustrophobicslow-burnItalian neorealismarthousecharacter studydark comedyfamily dysfunctionalienationmental illnessnihilism
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