UW Cinematheque - Owen Kline Presents!
Fists in the Pocket | Italy | 1965 | DCP | 108 min. | Italian with English subtitles Director: Marco Bellocchio
Event Details
Date
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Time
12 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Mase.
Alessandro (Castel) is an epileptic young man trapped in a decaying provincial household, whose resentment drives him toward a violent “solution” for his dysfunctional, dependent family. Bellocchio’s ferocious debut (at age 26) uses dark humor to expose the hypocrisies of middle-class Catholic respectability.
Alessandro (Castel) is an epileptic young man trapped in a decaying provincial household, whose resentment drives him toward a violent “solution” for his dysfunctional, dependent family. Bellocchio’s ferocious debut (at age 26) uses dark humor to expose the hypocrisies of middle-class Catholic respectability.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email ben.reiser@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Sunday, February 15, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.