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In Pocilga, bodies and pigs are objects of a same obscuration, depreciation. Pasolini paints a metaphorical picture showing the decay of human degradation, widespread in capitalist society. This picture distils the story of a man whose passion is the cause of scandal.
Can this diversity, deviant love, this monstrosity be equated to the massacre of thousands of bodies in Nazi Germany? In Pocilga the answer is yes. Political alliances labour towards silencing everything that does not live, that is to say, all that has not been seen by the eyes of others. Love, the sacred and the political are among the main dimensions developed in the play directed by John Romão.
Pocilga aims to honour one of the most prolific and controversial authors of our time in the year marking the 40th anniversary of his death.
In Pocilga, bodies and pigs are objects of a same obscuration, depreciation. Pasolini paints a metaphorical picture showing the decay of human degradation, widespread in capitalist society. This picture distils the story of a man whose passion is the cause of scandal.
Can this diversity, deviant love, this monstrosity be equated to the massacre of thousands of bodies in Nazi Germany? In Pocilga the answer is yes. Political alliances labour towards silencing everything that does not live, that is to say, all that has not been seen by the eyes of others. Love, the sacred and the political are among the main dimensions developed in the play directed by John Romão.
Pocilga aims to honour one of the most prolific and controversial authors of our time in the year marking the 40th anniversary of his death.
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Text Pier Paolo PasoliniStage direction and translation John RomãoWith Albano Jerónimo, Ana Bustorff, Cláudio da Silva, João Lagarto, Mariana Tengner Barros, Miguel Loureiro, Pedro Lacerda, Guilherme Moura and Mickael OliveiraCostumes Carolina Queirós Machado Music Nicolai SarbibSound-scape João BentoLighting design José Álvaro CorreiaExecutive production Stage OneCo-production 5 Sentidos network (Teatro Nacional São João, Teatro Viriato, Teatro Virgínia), Coletivo 84 and Culturgest
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