Theorem(Teorema)
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Italy · 1968
1h 35m
Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky
Genre Mystery, Drama
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A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, makes love to 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.
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