A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 1, 2012
Original Title:
La Merda
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Frida Kahlo Productions
Produzioni Fuorivia
Richard Jordan Productions
Summerhall
Teatro Valle Occupato
Production Countries:
Italy | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 52
La Merda is a poetic stream of consciousness where it is unleashed the bulimic and revolting public confidence of a "young" and "ugly" woman as she struggles with obstinacy, resistance and courage for her own celebrity breakthrough in the society of Thighs and Liberty. La Merda is driven by a desperate attempt to pull ourselves out of the mud, the latest products of the cultural genocide aptly described by Pier Paolo Pasolini since the modern consumer society began taking form. A totalitarianism, according to Pasolini, even more repressive than the one of the Fascist era, for capable of crushing us softly.
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