Fists in the Pocket(I pugni in tasca)
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Italy · 1965
1h 45m
Director Marco Bellocchio
Starring Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace
Genre Drama
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Ale, a disturbed, epileptic young man thinks about murdering members of his family for the supposedly altruistic reason of ridding them of their various health problems and disabilities. As his thoughts slowly become concrete plans, fear looms over the house and the family unravels from the inside out.
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