There are only 923 words spoken in "Teorema" – but it says everything!
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.
- 7.0
- 1968
- Released
- 1h 35m
Terence Stamp
The Visitor
Silvana Mangano
Lucia, the Mother
Massimo Girotti
Paolo, the Father
Anne Wiazemsky
Odetta, the Daughter
Andrés José Cruz Soublette
Pietro, the Son
Laura Betti
Emilia, the Servant
Ninetto Davoli
Angelino, the Messenger
Carlo De Mejo
Lucia's first lover
Adele Cambria
Emilia, the Second ServantLuigi Barbini
Boy at the station
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Lucia's second loverAlfonso Gatto
DoctorSusanna Pasolini
Old Peasant (uncredited)
Released
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- #italian
- #bourgeoisie
- #host family
- #household
- #stranger
- #lgbt
- #bisexual man
- #visitor
- #mysterious character
- #sexual encounter
- #drastic change of life
- #uninvited guest
- #wealthy family
- #seducer
- #milan, italy
- #gay theme
- #religious allegory
- #confess feelings
- #charming man
- #homme fatale
Reviews
Nowadays, when I see Terence Stamp, I wonder how on Earth he achieved the iconic status he did - until, that is, I watch films like this. He is a sexually enigmatic, enthralling stranger who visits and stays with a wealth family, seducing in turn each member of the family - boys and girls; hell even the maid - before finally the father then he departs leaving their hitherto functional, if not enti