Love Meetings is a documentary film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and released in 1965. It is a part of his Trilogy of Life along with the films The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales. The film is about the attitudes of Italians towards sexual morality and equality during the economic boom of the 1960s.
Pasolini travels around Italy speaking to people of all ages and backgrounds about their opinions on sex. He interviews men and women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds, including farmers, factory workers, priests, and prostitutes. He also speaks to intellectuals such as Alberto Moravia and Cesare Musatti.
The film is divided into eight segments, each of which focuses on a different topic related to sex and sexuality in Italian society. These topics include virginity, homosexuality, prostitution, divorce, and sexual equality between men and women.
Throughout the film, Pasolini highlights the contradictions and hypocrisies of Italian society when it comes to sexual morality. He contrasts the traditional attitudes of the poor and the South with the more liberal attitudes of the bourgeoisie and the North, and shows how both groups are muddled and self-censoring when it comes to discussing sex.
The film also touches on the impact of Catholicism on Italian attitudes towards sex. Pasolini interviews several priests, who speak candidly about the Church's teachings on sexuality and its impact on Italian society.
Love Meetings is a fascinating and thought-provoking examination of Italian attitudes towards sex and sexuality in the 1960s. It is an important document of a specific time and place in Italian history, and continues to be relevant today.