Love Meetings
Seen it?1965 | 88 min | Documentary
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 28 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1965: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
8.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Pier Paolo PasoliniSelf - Interviewer (uncredited)
- Lello BersaniNarrator (voice)
- Alberto MoraviaSelf - Writer
- Cesare MusattiSelf - Psychoanalyst
- Peppino Di CapriSelf - Singer
- Ezio PascuttiSelf - Football Player
- William NegriSelf - Football Player
- Carlo FurlanisSelf - Football Player
- Giuseppe UngarettiSelf - Poet
- Camilla CedernaSelf - Writer