35mm

The Seed of Man

Marco Ferreri

In one of Ferreri’s most desperate films, the survivors of a plague that has eradicated almost all of humankind (Anne Wiazemsky and Marzio Margine) need to decide whether they should have a child or refuse to repopulate a toxic planet.

DIRECTOR
Marco Ferreri
YEAR
1969
COUNTRY
Italy
RUNTIME
113 minutes
LANGUAGE
Italian with English subtitles
FORMAT
35mm

Dora (Anne Wiazemsky) and Cino (Marzio Margine) are the survivors of a plague that has eradicated almost all of humankind. In a post-apocalyptic world, they need to decide whether they should have a child or refuse to repopulate a toxic planet. Cino collects objects from the ancient world and wants to force his consort to give birth. But Dora, faced with the potential to carry a child, refuses to perpetuate a sick humanity. One of Ferreri’s most desperate films and probably his most contemporary one asks a question that still resonates today: Is it right to bring children into a world threatened by ecological and economic chaos?

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