Theorem

With Teorema, a coolly enigmatic exploration of bourgeois spiritual emptiness, Pasolini moved beyond the poetic, proletarian earthiness that first earned him acclaim. Terence Stamp stars as a mysterious stranger—perhaps an angel, perhaps a devil—who seduces each member of a wealthy Milanese family, triggering an existential crisis in their lives. Unfolding with minimal dialogue, this tantalising metaphysical puzzle—banned from exhibition by the Catholic Church for its perceived degeneracy—is both a searing Marxist critique of sex, religion, and art, and a primal scream into the void.