Love Meetings

Love Meetings

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Produced by Arco Film

196588 min8.2 / 10

A provocative, intellectually rigorous documentary investigation into Italian attitudes toward sexuality and morality during a period of rapid social transformation, revealing deep cultural contradictions through direct interviews.

Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite thing to talk about in public: he asks children if they know where babies come from; asks old and young women if they support gender equality; asks both sexes if a woman's virginity still matters, what do they think of homosexuality, if divorce should be legal, or if they support the recent abolition of brothels. He interviews blue-collar workers, intellectuals, college students, rural farmers, the bourgeoisie, and every other kind of people, painting a vivid portrait of a rapidly-industrializing Italy, hanging between modernity and tradition — toward both of which Pasolini shows equal distrust.

Questions people ask

  • Is Love Meetings violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Does Love Meetings end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Love Meetings scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is Love Meetings sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Love Meetings easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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96/ 100

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Rarity93

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Surprise98

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Love96

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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