Pierre Paolo Pasolini was born in Bologna, Italy, on March 5, 1922. The mother of the future director was a teacher at school, and his father was a career military officer.
At the age of seven, the child began to write poetry. Childhood passed in constant moving from one city of Italy to another, in 1936 the family returned to their hometown, where Pierre entered the university for a course in art history.
In 1943, the young man was drafted into the army, but he served only one week, deserting
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Pierre Paolo Pasolini was born in Bologna, Italy, on March 5, 1922. The mother of the future director was a teacher at school, and his father was a career military officer.
At the age of seven, the child began to write poetry. Childhood passed in constant moving from one city of Italy to another, in 1936 the family returned to their hometown, where Pierre entered the university for a course in art history.
In 1943, the young man was drafted into the army, but he served only one week, deserting after the surrender of Italy. In those years he became a staunch anti-fascist.
At the age of 25, Pierre Pasolini joined the Communist Party, but in 1949 he was expelled from the party due to improper behavior, or rather for homosexuality.
In 1950, he and his mother moved to Rome, engaged in writing and editorial activities, as well as gave private lessons and sometimes starred in episodic roles.
In the 50s of the last century, he took part in the creation of scripts for 15 films: Night of the Caribbean, Stormy Night, etc. In addition, Pierre worked with many editorial offices of newspapers and magazines.
At the age of 38, he was already a writer and journalist, so he decided to try his hand as a film director. In 1961, he debuted the film adaptation of his novel “Accathone”.
In 1962, the second film of the director was released.
Mom Roma It was about an elderly prostitute, and then the painting “Sheep Cheese”, for which he had to stand trial on charges of insulting religious feelings.
In 1964, Pasolini worked on the film The Gospel of Matthew, which received the Grand Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Then followed the shooting of the paintings “King Edil”, “Theorem”, “Medea”, “Pigman” and
Decameron . The last work of the director, as well as a work of art, was the film.
"Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom" 1975 release.
In November of the same year, Pierre was killed in Ostia, near Rome.