Pigsty
Original title: Porcile
“I killed my father, I ate human flesh, and I quiver with joy.”
1969 · 1 h 39 min
Cast
Pierre Clémenti 
Jean-Pierre Léaud 
Alberto Lionello 
Ugo Tognazzi 
Anne Wiazemsky 
Margarita Lozano
Credits
Written by: 
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Plot
Two parallel tales, one of a cannibal in a volcanic past and one of a young man's love of pigs in postwar Germany.
Sinekatalog’s take
Pier Paolo Pasolini's allegory is strange and harsh, a savage satire on power and consumption.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (4,403 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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