Teorema is about an (anonymous) visitor. After his (sexuel) relationship with several menbers of a bourgeoisie family, the life of the family members never will be the same.
There are other films in which a stranger brings to the surface subcutaneous tensions in a family. I mention "Cape Fear" (1991, Martin Scorsese).
In that film we talk about an evil stranger. In "Teorema" the stranger is nice, with even some touches of holines. After all 4 years earlier Pasolini made his version of the gospel according to Matthew ("Il vangelo secondo Matteo" , 1964).
The saint, as we interpret him as such, has a strong homo(sexual) appetite. In combining (homo)sexuality with christianity, Pasolini resembles the Dutch writer Reve.
There are other films in which a stranger brings to the surface subcutaneous tensions in a family. I mention "Cape Fear" (1991, Martin Scorsese).
In that film we talk about an evil stranger. In "Teorema" the stranger is nice, with even some touches of holines. After all 4 years earlier Pasolini made his version of the gospel according to Matthew ("Il vangelo secondo Matteo" , 1964).
The saint, as we interpret him as such, has a strong homo(sexual) appetite. In combining (homo)sexuality with christianity, Pasolini resembles the Dutch writer Reve.