I PUGNI IN TASCA
A film by Marco Bellochio
1965 - Italy - Drama
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 starts 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 ?
This first feature by M. Bellocchio revealed Lou Castel for the first time.
Alessandro Lou Castel
Giulia Paolo Pitagora
Production | Doria
ScreenplayMario Bellochio
CinematographyAlberto Marrama
Format Black & White 35mm
Length 105 min
Sound Mono