Fists in the Pocket

I pugni in tasca (original)

7.6

/10

1h 45mDrama Comedy

Tormented by twisted desires, a young man takes drastic measures to rid his grotesquely dysfunctional family of its various afflictions, in this astonishing 1965 debut from Marco Bellocchio. With its coolly assured style, shocking perversity, and savage gallows humor, Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca) was a gleaming ice pick in the eye of bourgeois family values and Catholic morality, a truly unique work that continues to rank as one of the great achievements of Italian cinema.

Spoken language: it

Starring Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Pier Luigi Troglio, Jeannie McNeil, Irene Agnelli, Sandra Bergamini, Celestina Bellocchio, Lella Bertante

Watch "Fists in the Pocket" from streaming services Criterion Channel, Kanopy released in 1965. It's a drama and comedy movie, and has a rating of 7.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.