

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
The final vision of a controversial filmmaker.
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $800K
- Box office
- $1.8M
- Language
- German
- sexual abuse
- rage and hate
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- italian
- sadism
- christianity
- philosophy
- fascism
- world war ii
- bishop
- political instability
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival1 Oct 1977
- Theatrical (limited)3 Oct 1977
- PremiereNew England Gay and Lesbian Film Festival21 Jun 1985
- Theatrical (limited)Harvard Film Archive26 Oct 2015
- PremiereNew York Film Festival27 Sept 2020
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon13 Jul 1977
- Theatrical18Re-release20 Oct 2000
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalRC7 Jun 1977
- PremiereAdelaide Film Festival28 May 1993
- TheatricalSydney2 Jul 1993
- TheatricalMelbourne15 Jul 1993
- PhysicalRCDVD8 Jul 2008
- PhysicalR 18+6 May 2010
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-ray4 Feb 2015
- TVR 18+SBS WORLD MOVIES7 Sept 2016
CanadaCA
- TheatricalMontréal9 Oct 1981
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical18Re-release13 Mar 2003
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalGent21 Jan 1988
- TheatricalRe-release29 Aug 2001
BrazilBR
- Physical18DVD24 Oct 2002
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical (limited)18+Projekt 10027 Jan 1998
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical10 May 1976
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-189 Feb 2001
FranceFR
- PremiereParis Film Festival22 Nov 1975
- Theatrical19 May 1976
- Theatrical16Re-release12 Jun 2002
- PremiereVillerupt Italian Film Festival26 Oct 2002
- Theatrical16Re-release (Restored Version)1 Jun 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical18West Germany30 Jan 1976
- Theatrical18Re-release8 May 2003
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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom was released on 10 January 1976.
Audience reviews
2- C5/10
CinemaSerf
8/29/2022
Well you have to hand it to Pier Paolo Pasolini - he had one hell of an imagination. Here he devises a story of a group of nine young men and women who are apprehended by four powerful Fascist officials and held captive for use in some of the most degrading and painful games of sex, humiliation and abuse. I was warned not to eat chocolate before I saw this, and towards the end of this bizarre depiction of cruelty, de…
- D7/10
DougG_YVR
6/6/2023
Wow! You can't escape the fact that this movie pushes the limits of disturbing art! Many will call it sick. I suspect the point of this film is more about the depravity and dehumanization of fascism, political corruption, totalitarianism, and morality. I have not read the Marquis de Sade's work on which this film was based. **It isn't possible to "un-see" a film, so be prepared if you choose the experience.** It w…
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