Fists in your pocket

Five people live in a house outside the city, between which quarrels constantly occur. Fate has tied together those who alone cannot survive, and those who seem impossible to live alongside the disease. The blind mother of the family lives only its past. Her youngest son Leon, with developmental delays and epilepsy , gentle and defenseless, but useless in the eyes of relatives, utters a single phrase during the film. Olusto's older brother is “normal.” The cynical man in the street plans to marry and leave home, leaving everyone without means and means of subsistence. He suspects his sister Julia that she is trying in every way to defame him in front of his bride. Notes often appear in this house. One of these notes Augusto gets from Alessandro, the protagonist of the film, suffering from severe headaches and clouding of the mind. Alessandro writes to him that he plans to smash the car on the way, when the whole family is lucky in the cemetery on the day of remembrance. Narcissism and painful fantasies of Alessandro gradually destroy relationships and lives. In the final scene, Alessandro’s epileptic seizure is rhythmic with the famous aria from “La Traviata”.

The family of the director helped in the production of the film. Brother Marco Tonino gave 50 million lire for the production of the film, most of the shooting took place in the house of the director's mother. ^[1] .

Open filming took place between Bobbio and Piacenza .

It was originally planned that the role of Julia will play Susan Strasberg , and the role of Augusto - Maurice Ron . The role of Alessandro became the first main role of the Swedish artist Lou Castel .

• Lou Castel - Alessandro
• Paola Pythagora - Julia
• Marino Maze - Augusto
• Liliana Geratze - mother
• Pierluigi Trolio - Leon
• Jenny McNeil - Lucia
• Irene Angielli - Bruna

• 1965 - the Silver Sail prize at the Locarno International Film Festival (Marco Bellocchio).
• 1965 - the prize of the city of Imola at the Venice Film Festival (Marco Bellocchio).
• 1966 - Silver Ribbon Award for Best Original Story (Marco Bellocchio), as well as three nominations: Best Director (Marco Bellocchio), Best Producer (Enzo Doria), Best Screenplay (Marco Bellocchio).

• "Fists in your pocket" (English) on the Internet Movie Database  
• "Fists in your pocket" (eng.) On the site allmovie