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Since the publication of SALÒ — THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM, different generations may have experienced various forms of trauma. Anyone who saw the film in the cinema back in the mid-seventies was undoubtedly shocked and may have been scarred for a lifetime. Anyone who was confronted with the film twenty years later did everything they could to find an unedited version on VHS or later on DVD. It wasn't easy. But that is probably exactly why the film is regarded in many circles not only as a cult, but also as an important cultural heritage.
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, according to the original, is what film critics like to call a controversial film. The film by Pier Paolo Pasolini is about rich nobles who kidnap a group of young men and women in fascist Italy during the Second World War and keep them captive in a secluded castle. There, prisoners are subjected to sadistic and cruel abuse. Based on the book “Les 120 Journées de Sodome ou L'Ecole du Libertinage” by Marquis de Sade, the film is today considered one of the most controversial works in film history.
