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Nerolio

Country: Italy, Language: Italian, 90 mins

  • Director: Aurelio Grimaldi
  • Writer: Aurelio Grimaldi
  • Producer: Leonardo Giuliano; Caterina Nardi

CGiii Comment

An overblown auteur makes a film about another overblown auteur...the last days of Pasolini.

They say that mimicry is a form of compliment...here, it is a futile attempt at recreating the genre that Pasolini underwhelmed in...

Grimaldi, obviously, is trying to invent a sub-genre all of his own...neo-neo-neo postmodern realistic claptrap.

Grimaldi has succeeded in two aspects that Pasolini excelled in...atrocious acting and the writing is a pitiful indulgence.

This film affirms that Pasolini was an odious, creepy little prick who was thoroughly embedded up his own butt.

Looks like Grimaldi is going in the same direction.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Three imagined vignettes from the final months of murdered filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.


A Siracusa, un noto scrittore/regista cammina per un quartiere popolare, osservando ed avvicinando i giovani. Su di una spiaggia, di notte, alcuni giovani lo incontrano. Il giorno dopo riparte per Roma. A casa sua riceve Valerio, che vorrebbe scrivere una tesi su di lui. In realtà vorrebbe che lo aiutasse a pubblicare un suo scritto. Accortosi dell'inganno, insulta il ragazzo e gli propone un incontro sessuale in cambio del suo appoggio. Tempo dopo, di notte, il poeta si aggira per Roma, incontra Marco e lo invita a cena. Dopo le prime avances, il giovane gli chiede del denaro. Durante la colluttazione che segue, il giovane lo colpisce con un bastone e lo investe con la propria auto, uccidendolo.

Cast & Characters

Marco Cavicchioli as The poet;
Lucia Sardo as The servant;
Vincenzo Crivello as Valerio Varzo;
Piera Degli Esposti as Valerio's mother;
Franco Mirabella as Daniele;
Mauro Lenares as Rocco;
Salvatore Lazzaro as Marco;
Antonietta Carbonetti as Woman on train;
Saro Miano as Man on train;
Maurizio Nicolosi as Street boy;
Enzo Di Martino as Street boy;
Fabio Lo Bello as Street boy;
Giancarlo Scuderi as Street boy;
Marco Spicuglia as Street boy