A mysterious stranger tears apart bourgeois notions of class and sex, in this beautifully restored version of Pasolini's Teorema. A handsome Visitor (ethereal Terence Stamp) arrives uninvited at the palatial villa of a wealthy Milanese family and seduces all of them—father, mother, daughter, son and the maid—in turn. Their conservative ideas of propriety are turned upside-down by the Visitor's ability to give them love and pleasure they didn't know they were missing, so when he abruptly disappears the family spirals into their own private existential crises. Almost wordless, this sensual Marxist treatise stars European cinema icons like Silvana Mangano and Massimo Girotti, and is perhaps Pasolini's most accessible work.

The great Pasolini describes the Visitor's appearance in Teorema as "a religious experience", although what side of religion Terence Stamp's intense and secretive creature represents is never quite clear. The ensemble cast are phenomenal, but it's his magnetic presence that completely convinces of his ability to draw in an entire family like moths to a flame. Though not the most provocative of the Salo director's works, the mystical and divine subtext of Teorema blended with omnisexual desire saw it denounced by the Pope and seized by the Public Prosecutor of Rome- so naturally we are delighted to present this stunning new 4K restoration on the Golden Screen.

If you’re interested in some further reading, check out PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: WRITING ON BURNING PAPER, a dual-volume dialogue between cinema today and Pasolini’s timeless films and words. Available to purchase from our box office or online while stocks last.