Movies by Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

Love Meetings

Love Meetings

Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite thing to talk about in public: he asks children if they know where do babies come from; asks old and young women if they support gender equality; asks both sexes if a woman's virginity still matters, what do they think of homosexuality, if divorce should be legal, or if they support the recent abolition of brothels. He interviews blue-collar workers, intellectuals, college students, rural farmers, the bourgeoisie, and every other kind of people, pai...

Io sono nata viaggiando

Io sono nata viaggiando

A journey back through Dacia Maraini's and her trips around the world with her close friends cinema director Pier Paolo Pasolini and opera singer Maria Callas. An in-depth story of this fascinating woman's life. Maraini's memories come alive through personal photographs taken on the road as well as her own Super 8 films shot almost thirty years ago.

Pasolini, el poeta en la playa

Pasolini, el poeta en la playa

Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo

Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo

Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggi

Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggi

Portrait of Pier Paolo Pasolini and his literary and cinematographic activity in the proletarian Rome.

The Song of Assisi

The Song of Assisi

In 1967, I decided to visit Avila where I had an enlightening experience.

Callas Assoluta

Callas Assoluta

This revealing documentary from director Philippe Kohly examines the storied life of renowned soprano Maria Callas, from her troubled childhood in New York City to her scandal-laden but triumphant international career in opera. Featuring archival interviews with Callas herself and footage of contemporaries such as her lover Aristotle Onassis, this celebration of "La Divina" pays tribute to her enduring legacy some three decades after her death.

Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer

Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer

Documentary about the making of Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Canterbury Tales (1972), and particularly focusing on the many edits and cut scenes that were made before the film's release.

Salò: Yesterday and Today

Salò: Yesterday and Today

A thirty-three-minute documentary featuring interviews with director Pier Paolo Pasolini, actor-filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette, and Pasolini friend Ninetto Davoli.

Notarangelo the Soul Hunter

Notarangelo the Soul Hunter

David Griecos documentary showcases the underappreciated photography of Domenico Notarangelo, and through it, tells the story of Matera, it's people and it's history.

L’Ultima Partita di Pasolini

L’Ultima Partita di Pasolini

On September 14, 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini played his last game of football, before his death, in San Benedetto del Tronto. “The last match of Pasolini” starts from a pretext of a football game, to tell a historical period that was fundamental for the whole of Italy, with its contradictions and tragedies, through an apparently playful vision of Pasolini, but that allows us to understand better the importance of the Italian poet and director.