Warning: this film contains extreme depictions of sexual violence, torture, and degradation. What follows critically examines its themes, style, and cultural impact; readers should be forewarned.
: Based on the Marquis de Sade’s unfinished 18th-century novel, Pasolini transposed the setting to the fascist Republic of Salò in 1944. The film is divided into "circles"—modeled after Dante's Inferno —documenting the systematic abduction and torture of eighteen teenagers by four powerful libertines. saloorthe120daysofsodom1975remastered4 best