Theorem(1968)
There are only 923 words spoken in "Teorema" – but it says everything!
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.
Movie: Theorem
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The Visitor
Lucia, the Mother
Paolo, the Father
Odetta, the Daughter
Pietro, the Son
Emilia, the Servant
Angelino, the Messenger
Lucia's first lover
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