Love Meetings

Comizi d'amore -Love Meetings-
Film poster
Directed by	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Written by	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produced by	Alfredo Bini
Starring	Pier Paolo Pasolini Alberto Moravia Giuseppe Ungaretti
Cinematography	Mario Bernardo Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Release date	1965
Running time	89 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Love Meetings (Italian: Comizi d'amore) is a 1965 feature-length documentary, shot by Italian writer and director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who also acts as the interviewer, appearing in many scenes. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

Plot

Typical for him, Pasolini's subject is sex: he questions representatives from a variety of social brackets on topics such as virginity, prostitution, homosexuality and sex education. The interviews are made in Italy. The overarching themes are sexual ignorance, confusion and conservatism. The film is divided into four large parts, called "Ricerche" (literally, "searches"), plus a brief prologue, in which Pasolini asks children in a poor area where babies come from (the responses include "flowers," "the stork," "Jesus and God," and "my uncle") and an epilogue, in which Pasolini recites one of his poems about marriage. Also included are conversations with acclaimed author and his friend, Alberto Moravia and psychologist Cesare Musatti, or with poet Giuseppe Ungaretti, or with a group of three women journalists, including Oriana Fallaci.

External links

• Love Meetings at IMDb

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