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Fists in the Pocket (Italian: I pugni in tasca) is a 1965 Italian psychological drama film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, his directorial debut. A dark satire of family and social values, the film centers on a young man suffering from epilepsy (played by Lou Castel in his film debut) who plots the murders of his dysfunctional family.

Fists in the Pocket
Criterion Collection DVD cover
Italian	I pugni in tasca
Directed by	Marco Bellocchio
Written by	Marco Bellocchio
Produced by	Enzo Doria
Starring	Lou Castel Paola Pitagora Marino Masé Liliana Gerace
Cinematography	Alberto Marrama
Edited by	Silvano Agosti
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production company	Doria Cinematografica
Release date	31 October 1965
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Fists in the Pocket was controversial upon initial release, embraced by some critics while condemned by others in the Italian filmmaking establishment. It was a significant sleeper hit and has since developed a strong following, embraced as a landmark work for the county's cinema.[1]

Plot

Actor	Role
Lou Castel	Alessandro
Paola Pitagora	Giulia
Marino Masé	Augusto
Liliana Gerace	Mother
Pier Luigi Trogilio	Leone
Jeannie MacNeil	Lucia
Irene Agnelli	Bruna

Four siblings, a sister and three brothers, live with their blind mother in a provincial villa. Three of the siblings suffer from epilepsy; the eldest son, Augusto does not. Augusto is the only provider for the family. One of the brothers, Alessandro, decides that Augusto would be free to live his life as he pleases if the mother and other siblings were gotten rid of.

He connives to be allowed to drive his mother and the other siblings on their periodic trip to a cemetery. After he has left, Augusto reads the note that Alessandro left saying that he would kill all of them and himself. Alessandro intended to drive all of them off a cliff, but does not, and they all return home safely. Later, however, Alessandro takes his mother for a drive; they stop at an overlook, and Alessandro pushes his mother off the cliff to her death. Alessandro is not suspected.

After his mother's funeral, he kills his brother Leone by having him drink an overdose of his medication. The sister, Giulia, realizes that Alessandro killed Leone and their mother; Alessandro has an epileptic fit, and Giulia does not come to his aid.

Production

Fists in the Pocket was Marco Bellocchio's directorial debut, having previously worked as a screenwriter. Bellocchio produced the film independently, financing it through friends and family, and filming on family property in Piacenza and Bobbio.

The role of Alessandro was originally intended for pop star Gianni Morandi, but the singer turned it down at the advice of his label RCA Records, who claimed it would hurt his career. Colombian-born Lou Castel, who took the part instead, was not a professional actor at the time, but an acquaintance whom Bellocchio met through his activities with the Italian Communist Party. At the time, Castel's only acting experience had been as an extra in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard (1963), and he did not speak Italian fluently.

Castel improvised many of the character's mannerisms and quirks, often ad libbing, much to the chagrin of his co-star Marino Masé, a classically-trained actor with a theatrical background. The two frequently clashed during filming and once nearly came to blows before Bellocchio intervened. Since he wasn't yet fluent in Italian, Castel's voice was dubbed by an uncredited Paolo Carlini.

Reception

At its premiere at the Locarno Festival, the film was condemned by Bellocchio's idols Luis Buñuel and Michelangelo Antonioni. It was more positively received by younger critics and audiences, and went on win the Festival's Silver Sail award. Via independent distribution it became a sleeper hit, and it won an enthusiastic response when released in France, ranking No. 10 in the Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 List.

Chadwick Jenkins writes in PopMatters that the film represents the "stark shift Italian cinema cinema experienced in moving from the post-realism phase of the 1950s to the experimentalism, social commentary, and surrealism of the 1960s."[1]

Writer Rex Pickett described Fists in the Pocket as one of the films he "saw in film school that transformed" him.[2]

The film holds a 92% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[3]

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Year	Nominee	Result
Cahiers du Cinéma	Annual Top 10 Lists	1966	Fists in the Pocket	10th place
Nastro d'Argento	Best Director	1966	Marco Bellocchio	Nominated
	Best Screenplay			Nominated
	Best Original Story			Won
	Best Producer		Enzo Doria	Nominated
National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actress	1969	Paola Pitagora	Nominated
Locarno Festival	Silver Sail	1965	Marco Bellocchio	Won
Venice Film Festival	Award of the City of Imola	1965		Won

In 2008, the film was placed on the Ministry of Culture's list of 100 films to be saved, a collection of "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

Restoration

The film underwent a 4K restoration by the L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory which was completed in August 2015. The restoration was funded by The Cineteca di Bologna, Armani, and Kavac Film, and supervised by Bellocchio.

References

External links

• Fists in the Pocket at IMDb
• Fists in the Pocket at AllMovie
• Fists in the Pocket: Ripped to Shreds an essay by Deborah Young at the Criterion Collection

На других языках

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[de] Mit der Faust in der Tasche

Mit der Faust in der Tasche ist ein sozialkritischer italienischer Spielfilm in Gestalt einer Familientragödie. Die Produktion aus dem Jahre 1965 wurde von Marco Bellocchio inszeniert, der hier sein Regiedebüt gab.

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- [en] Fists in the Pocket

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[it] I pugni in tasca

I pugni in tasca è un film del 1965, scritto e diretto da Marco Bellocchio, all'esordio, nella regia di un lungometraggio.

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[ru] Кулаки в кармане

«Кулаки в кармане» (итал. I pugni in tasca) — итальянский кинофильм 1965 года, дебютная работа режиссёра Марко Беллоккьо, снятая им по собственному сценарию.

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