Stars: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Capucine, Gordon Mitchell, Lucia Bose, Alain Cuny, Salvo Randone, Magali Noel, Fanfulla, Il Moro, Luigi Montefiori, Joseph Wheeler

Director: Federico Fellini

Summary: A masterful pageant of Rome during Nero's reign, portraying the bawdy, lecherous and exciting days of Caius Petronius Arbiter. Italian dialogue with English subtitles.

In SATYRICON, Italian New Wave director Federico Fellini depicts the hedonistic, amoral, pre-Christian world of ancient Rome. Using the unfinished classical writings of Petronius as his guide, Fellini invents a dreamlike culture full of strange, distant characters and odd, grotesque events. Though the film lacks a definitive plot or narrative structure, its constants are Gitone (Max Born) and Encolpius (Martin Potter), whose unsavory encounters with sex, the theater, and religion are the film's focal point. Presenting a loosely structured episodic tale of decadence and depravity in ancient Rome, SATYRICON follows the adventures of two students as they negotiate their way through a variety of mishaps, dangers, and sexual encounters. What results is a bizarre journey through ancient Rome. This story is a perfect example of Fellini's accomplished skill in bringing fantasy to the screen.

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Aspect Ratio:	Wide Screen
Main Language:	Italian
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1969
Release Date:	April 28, 2003
Runtime:	124 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	15902 D V D
Keywords:	Subtitled, General, Wide, Screen, Fellini, Satyricon, Italian, Drama, Fellini's
Genre:	Drama