
Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite thing to talk about in public: he asks children if they know where babies come from; asks old and young women if they support gender equality; asks both sexes if a woman's virginity still matters, what do they think of homosexuality, if divorce should be legal, or if they support the recent abolition of brothels. He interviews blue-collar workers, intellectuals, college students, rural farmers, the bourgeoisie, and every other kind of people, painting a vivid portrait of a rapidly-industrializing Italy, hanging between modernity and tradition — toward both of which Pasolini shows equal distrust.
Cast

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
Lello Bersani
Narrator (voice)

Alberto Moravia
Self - Writer
Cesare Musatti
Self - Psychoanalyst

Peppino Di Capri
Self - Singer
Ezio Pascutti
Self - Football Player
William Negri
Self - Football Player
Carlo Furlanis
Self - Football Player
Giuseppe Ungaretti
Self - Poet
Camilla Cederna
Self - Writer

Oriana Fallaci
Self - Journalist
Adele Cambria
Self - Journalist

Antonella Lualdi
Self - Actress
Ignazio Buttitta
Self - Poet

Io Appolloni
Self - Girl at Lido with Swimming Cap (uncredited)
Graziella Chiarcossi
Graziella the Bride (uncredited)

Graziella Granata
Self - Girl at Lido with Long Hair (uncredited)
Crew

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director

Nino Baragli
Editor
Andreina Casini
Assistant Editor
Mario Bernardo
Director of Photography

Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography

Alfredo Bini
Producer
Franco Delli Colli
Camera Operator
Vittorio Bernini
Camera Operator
Cesare Fontana
Camera Operator
Alessandro Ruzzolini
Assistant Camera
Francesco Cappelli
Assistant Camera
Oscar De Arcangelis
Sound
Carlo Ramundo
Sound
Angelo Novi
Still Photographer
Eliseo Boschi
Production Manager
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