Salomé - 2013
- Director Al Pacino
- Product Code: NA-P2084-8050-DRA-LT
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Within Herod's court, desire, authority and resentment converge around Salomé, the young princess who becomes fascinated by the imprisoned John the Baptist. Her attraction meets an uncompromising rejection from the prophet, turning longing into humiliation, obsession and retaliation. Herodias regards the prisoner with hostility, while Herod, increasingly consumed by his desire for his stepdaughter, becomes vulnerable to forces he imagines he can command. Al Pacino's adaptation concentrates Oscar Wilde's tragedy within a deliberately theatrical environment, allowing language, gesture, silence and shifting relations of power to carry greater weight than conventional historical spectacle.
When Herod promises Salomé anything she desires in exchange for the Dance of the Seven Veils, desire and political authority become inseparable. After performing the dance, she demands the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter. Herod's pledge becomes a trap created by his own obsession: neither treasure, status nor religious fear can easily release him from his promise. Directed by Pacino and centred on Jessica Chastain's Salomé, the film develops Wilde's drama as a tragedy of rejected passion, erotic power, possession, vengeance and death, preserving the verbal intensity and symbolist character associated with the play.
| Work Record | |
| Original Title | Salomé |
| Title | Salomé |
| Year | 2013 |
| Direction | Al Pacino |
| Countries of origin | United States |
| Gender | Drama |
| Colors | Color |
| Cast | Kevin Anderson, Jessica Chastain, Phillip Rhys Chaudhary, Kat Fairaway, Ralph Guzzo, Roxanne Hart, Al Pacino, Steve Roman, Joe Roseto, Jack Stehlin |
| Producer | Robert Fox, Barry Navidi |
| Duration | 81 Min. |
| Original Language | English |
| Composer | Aldo Shllaku |
| Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme |
| Editing | Pasquale Buba, David Leonard, Jeremy Weiss |
| Based on | Salomé, the play by Oscar Wilde |
| Tagline | Her Passion, His Obsession. |
| Screenplay | Al Pacino, Oscar Wilde |
| Edition Record | |
| Subtitle | English, Italian, Portuguese |
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