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* AnythingThatMoves: Played with. The Visitor does not behave horny as he seduces everyone. He rather appears to present himself as a gift to the family members always remaining cool. Still he has sex with all of them including the maid.
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''Teorema'' is a 1968 film written and directed by Creator/PierPaoloPasolini.

It centers around an upper-class Italian family: father Paolo, mother Lucia (Creator/SilvanaMangano), shy daughter Odetta, gay son Pietro, and the family maid Emilia. Into this existence comes, unbidden, a mysterious visitor (Creator/TerenceStamp). The Visitor, who displays an otherwordly beauty along with a calm and understanding demeanor, seduces them all in turn, starting with the maid and ending with the father. Then as suddenly as he arrived, he leaves. All the family are thrown into crisis as they struggle to deal with the disappearance of their strange visitor.


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''Teorema'' ("Theorem") is a 1968 Italian film written and directed by Creator/PierPaoloPasolini.

It centers around an upper-class Italian family: upper-middle-class family in Milan: father Paolo, Paolo (Creator/MassimoGirotti), mother Lucia (Creator/SilvanaMangano), shy daughter Odetta, Odetta (Creator/AnneWiazemsky), gay son Pietro, Pietro (Andrés José Cruz Soublette), and the family maid Emilia. Emilia (Creator/LauraBetti). Into this existence comes, unbidden, a mysterious and nameless young visitor (Creator/TerenceStamp). The Visitor, who displays an otherwordly beauty along with a calm and understanding demeanor, seduces each of them all in turn, starting with the maid and ending with the father. Then as suddenly as he arrived, he leaves. All the family are thrown into crisis as they struggle to deal with the disappearance of their strange visitor.

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''Teorema'' is a 1968 film by Creator/PierPaoloPasolini.

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* AnythingThatMoves: Played with. The Visitor does not behave horny as he seduces everyone. He rather appears to present hmiself as a gift to the family members always remaining cool. Still he has sex with all of them including maid.

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* AnythingThatMoves: Played with. The Visitor does not behave horny as he seduces everyone. He rather appears to present hmiself himself as a gift to the family members always remaining cool. Still he has sex with all of them including the maid.



* MrsRobinson: The mother Lucia starts to pursue young man later in the film.

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* MrsRobinson: The mother Lucia starts to pursue a young man later in the film.



* UntranslatedTitle: "Theorem"

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* UntranslatedTitle: "Theorem""Theorem"
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Its tells about a bourgeois family who receive a mysterious visitor played by Creator/TerenceStamp who seduces all of them, that is, the father, the mother, the daughter and the maid. He fills their life with sense that was previously lacking. Then he suddenly leaves and the family is in shatters as none of them knows how to cope with his absense. The reaction of each is different and results in several [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Big-Lipped Alligator Moments]]


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Its tells about a bourgeois It centers around an upper-class Italian family: father Paolo, mother Lucia (Creator/SilvanaMangano), shy daughter Odetta, gay son Pietro, and the family who receive maid Emilia. Into this existence comes, unbidden, a mysterious visitor played by Creator/TerenceStamp (Creator/TerenceStamp). The Visitor, who displays an otherwordly beauty along with a calm and understanding demeanor, seduces them all of them, that is, the father, the mother, the daughter and the maid. He fills their life in turn, starting with sense that was previously lacking. the maid and ending with the father. Then he as suddenly leaves and as he arrived, he leaves. All the family is in shatters are thrown into crisis as none of them knows how they struggle to cope deal with his absense. The reaction the disappearance of each is different and results in several [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Big-Lipped Alligator Moments]]

their strange visitor.




* AngstComa: For the daughter soon after the Visitor leaves. She just cannot live without him. Other characters don't give up totally but cope with his absence in various ways.
* AnythingThatMoves: Played with. The Visitor does not behave horny as he seduces everyone. He rather appears to present hiself as a gift to the family members always remaining cool. Still he has sex with all of them including maid.

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* AngstComa: For the daughter soon after the Visitor leaves. She just cannot live without him.him, so she goes into a complete catatonic trance. Other characters don't give up totally but cope with his absence in various ways.
* AnythingThatMoves: Played with. The Visitor does not behave horny as he seduces everyone. He rather appears to present hiself hmiself as a gift to the family members always remaining cool. Still he has sex with all of them including maid.



* GainaxEnding: The film is of course more than slightly off throughout its course and the ending is quaint too.

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* GainaxEnding: The film is of course more than slightly off throughout its course and the ending is quaint too. The last scene has the father take all his clothes off, in a train station no less. Then the very last shot has the father running around the slopes of Mt. Etna, screaming.
* HowWeGotHere: It doesn't become obvious until the end. But the first scene has a labor leader at the airport being asked questions about a factory being turned over to the workers. The end of the film reveals that the family the Visitor stayed with owns the factory, and the father handed the factory over as he renounces all worldly possessions.



* TheScream: The father screams intensely in the very ending of the film.

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* TheScream: The father screams intensely in the very ending last scene of the film.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The first scene after the credits, in which the various members of the family are returning home, is shot in black-and-white. The film turns back to color in the next scene, with the party where the Visitor first shows up.
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* MrFanservice: The Visitor spends much of the film wearing little to no clothing.

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* MrFanservice: The Visitor spends much of the film wearing either little to or no clothing.clothing, or very tight pants.

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* AngstComa: For the daughter soon after the Visitor leaves. She just cannot live without him. Other characters don't give up totally but cope with his absense in various ways.

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* AngstComa: For the daughter soon after the Visitor leaves. She just cannot live without him. Other characters don't give up totally but cope with his absense absence in various ways.


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* EroticFilm: About as erotic as a film with surprisingly little nudity can be, as all members of the family, male and female, are overcome with the beauty of the Visitor and have sex with him.


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* SignificantName: The messenger who sends word to the family of the Visitor's arrival is called Angelino--"little angel".

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Teorema is a 1968 film by Creator/PierPaoloPasolini.

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Teorema ''Teorema'' is a 1968 film by Creator/PierPaoloPasolini.



* MrFanservice: The Visitor spends much of the film wearing little to no clothing.



* UntranslatedTitle: It is Teorema in English too.

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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Lucia as she strips naked outside in the scene where she seduces the Visitor.
* UntranslatedTitle: It is Teorema in English too."Theorem"
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Its tells about a bourgeois family who receive a mysterious visitor played by Creator/TerrenceStamp who seduces all of them, that is, the father, the mother, the daughter and the maid. He fills their life with sense that was previously lacking. Then he suddenly leaves and the family is in shatters as none of them knows how to cope with his absense. The reaction of each is different and results in several [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Big-Lipped Alligator Moments]]


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Its tells about a bourgeois family who receive a mysterious visitor played by Creator/TerrenceStamp Creator/TerenceStamp who seduces all of them, that is, the father, the mother, the daughter and the maid. He fills their life with sense that was previously lacking. Then he suddenly leaves and the family is in shatters as none of them knows how to cope with his absense. The reaction of each is different and results in several [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Big-Lipped Alligator Moments]]

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* ShamefulStrip: Played with. The fatheк is stripped to be punished and humiliated. Except that he does it to himself in the railway station.

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* ShamefulStrip: Played with. The fatheк father is stripped to be punished and humiliated. Except that he does it to himself in the railway station.
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* SilenceIsGolden: The characters are fairly taciturn and many scenes play without words for the most of their duration.
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Teorema is a 1968 film by Creator/PierPaoloPasolini.

Its tells about a bourgeois family who receive a mysterious visitor played by Creator/TerrenceStamp who seduces all of them, that is, the father, the mother, the daughter and the maid. He fills their life with sense that was previously lacking. Then he suddenly leaves and the family is in shatters as none of them knows how to cope with his absense. The reaction of each is different and results in several [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Big-Lipped Alligator Moments]]


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* AngstComa: For the daughter soon after the Visitor leaves. She just cannot live without him. Other characters don't give up totally but cope with his absense in various ways.
* AnythingThatMoves: Played with. The Visitor does not behave horny as he seduces everyone. He rather appears to present hiself as a gift to the family members always remaining cool. Still he has sex with all of them including maid.
* DullSurprise: For the daughter when the Visitor puts the legs of her father on his shoulders.
* GainaxEnding: The film is of course more than slightly off throughout its course and the ending is quaint too.
* MrsRobinson: The mother Lucia starts to pursue young man later in the film.
* NoNameGiven: For the Visitor.
* PowerFloats: Emilia the maid levitates in the later part of the film by the power given to her by the visitor.
* PutOnABus: The Visitor leaves in the middle of the film. In the aftermath it turns to the story of the family.
* ReallyGetsAround:
** The Visitor seduces everyone in the household.
** Later the mother has sex with chance partners.
* TheScream: The father screams intensely in the very ending of the film.
* SelfDeprecation: Characters practice this trope.
* ShamefulStrip: Played with. The fatheк is stripped to be punished and humiliated. Except that he does it to himself in the railway station.
* StylisticSuck: That's how the son, Pietro, regards his pictures. He still proceeds with his art.
* UntranslatedTitle: It is Teorema in English too.

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