Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1975 | Italy France | 116 minutes
Presented in the original Italian audio with English subtitles.
SALÒ OR 120 DAYS OF SODOM is screening at FOMO Secret Cinema as part of our "Banned Films Week" festival presenting films from across the globe that have been subject to censorship.
Beyond its notoriety, SALÒ is one of Pasolini’s most important works. His direction is precise and controlled, using still compositions and deliberate pacing to examine power, obedience, and institutional brutality. The performances are stark and committed, and the film’s visual language remains influential in political and transgressive cinema.
The film faced bans in Italy, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom due to its graphic violence, sexual humiliation, and political content. Italy restricted the film on release, and many countries allowed only heavily edited versions for decades. Its fusion of fascist imagery and extreme cruelty made it one of the most censored films of the twentieth century.
SALÒ is a confronting and unsettling portrait of authoritarian violence. It remains central to film history not only for its controversy but for its bold critique of fascism, conformity, and the human capacity for cruelty.
Location: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five-minute walk from Liberty Square metro.
How to find FOMO: Enter the Bazari via Atoneli St, above Carrefour, and take the stairs immediately on your left behind the jewellery stand. The cinema entrance is one flight up in the stairwell.
FOMO Secret Cinema • Bazari Orbeliani, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia
