If you loved Forgive Us Our Debts, try Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Forgive Us Our Debts

2018 · dir. Antonio Morabito

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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

1976 · dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini

What they share

Theyboth carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Forgive Us Our Debts, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

dread

What Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is

Decaying Italian mansion summer air thick with cicadas. Corrupted libertines seize teenage youths. A product of 70s transgressive cinema.

If you loved Forgive Us Our Debts, try Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Forgive Us Our Debts

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

What they share

What Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is

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