FISTS IN THE POCKET
synopsis
Alessandro, a young epileptic with paranoid inclinations, decides to relieve Augusto, the only sound brother, from the burden of a numerous family plagued with hereditary diseases. After a first aborted attempt, the dreadful series of accidents/murders is started by pushing the blind mother into a ravine. Then comes the turn of Leone, the idiotic brother. Will Alessandro be able to bring to completion his obsessive project ?
| international title: | Fists in the Pocket | 
| original title: | I pugni in tasca | 
| country: | Italy | 
| year: | 1965 | 
| genre: | fiction | 
| directed by: | Marco Bellocchio | 
| film run: | 105' | 
| release date: | CH 31/07/1965, IT 08/1965, FR 18/04/1966, UK 05/1966, SE 16/05/1967, ES 28/02/1969, DE 05/12/1969, PL 02/1971, GR 11/2002, NL 29/12/2016 | 
| screenplay: | Marco Bellocchio | 
| cast: | Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé | 
| cinematography by: | Alberto Marrama | 
| film editing: | Silvano Agosti | 
| costumes designer: | Gisella Longo | 
| producer: | Enzo Doria | 



















