Padre Padrone (My Father My Master). Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, 1977.
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Edition screened: Included in the Cohen Blu-ray set The Taviani Brothers Collection, released 2016. Sardinian and Italian languages with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 117 minutes.
Summary: Torture and murder of animals.
Details:
1) A poisonous snake is sought out and killed, 19:30-19:40, then used as a whip through 19:57.
2) A sheep is physically mistreated 28:30-28:50 and again 29:50-30:30.
3) Implication of a donkey being sexually abused, 31:00-31:13.
4) Vague depiction of chickens being sexually abused, more weird than graphic, 31:13-31:34.
5) A lamb’s throat is slit at 38:55, and dead lambs are seen through 39:45.
6) A lamb is clubbed to death, 47:55-48:15.
The Taviani brothers share Bertolucci’s excusatory misconception that brutality and indifference to brutality bring waves of warm nostalgia for those earlier, better days.
