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Theorem

7.019681h 35mNRMovieMysteryDrama

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.

DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
WriterPier Paolo Pasolini
ProducersFranco Rossellini·Manolo Bolognini

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Cast · Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

TSTerence Stamp
Terence Stamp
The Visitor
SMSilvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano
Lucia, the Mother
MGMassimo Girotti
Massimo Girotti
Paolo, the Father
AWAnne Wiazemsky
Anne Wiazemsky
Odetta, the Daughter
ASAndrés José Cruz Soublette
Andrés José Cruz Soublette
Pietro, the Son
LBLaura Betti
Laura Betti
Emilia, the Servant
NDNinetto Davoli
Ninetto Davoli
Angelino, the Messenger
CMCarlo De Mejo
Carlo De Mejo
Lucia's first lover
AC
Adele Cambria
Emilia, the Second Servant
LB
Luigi Barbini
Boy at the station
GSGiovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Lucia's second lover
AG
Alfonso Gatto
Doctor

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