CinemaOSMovie · 1981 · 1h 0m

Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die

A film about Pier Paolo Pasolini

57%(13)IMDbDocumentary

Philo Bregstein tells us this film looks at Pasolini's life and art to explain why he died. The film traces Pasolini's life chronologically - family roots, hiding during World War II, teaching, moving to Rome, being arrested and acquitted many times, publishing poems, getting into film, being provocative, and being murdered. Interviews with Alberto Moravia, Laura Betti, Maria Antonietta Macciocch, and Bernard Bertolucci are inter-cut with readings of Pasolini's poems and with clips from four films - primarily the Gospel According to St. Matthew - to illustrate his changing ideas and points of view. Bregstein makes a case for Pasolini's being lynched.

Directed byPhilo Bregstein

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 0m
Language
IT
Released
February 28, 1981
Studios
VARA

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Self- archive footage

Alberto Moravia

Alberto Moravia

Self - writer

Laura Betti

Laura Betti

Self

Maria Antonietta Macciocchi

Maria Antonietta Macciocchi

Self - writer

Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci

Self

Nino Marazzita

Self - Pier Paolo Pasolini family's lawyer

Creative team
Directed by
Philo Bregstein
Written by
Philo Bregstein
Michèle Garlati
Produced by
Frank Diamand
Harry Prins

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