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Teorema
1968 · Film · 95 min
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.
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If you like the archetypal, tragical, allegorical narratives which derive the inspiration from ancient or religious cultures, then I advise you to watch "Teorema" by Pier Paolo Pasolini. In fact, italian art cinema school was very rich and brave in its interpretations and usage of what is considered classical in European tradition, so there are a lot of masterpieces which you might like.
I don't know if you're okay with scrolling wikipedia entries on films you haven't seen (I usually do it before I watch anything), so I won't spare the details. But there is a substantial analysis of "Teorema" structure on wiki in case you would like to get acquainted with it.
Good cinema shouldn't be reduced to merely storytelling. The aesthetics are an enormous part of it, and there is plenty of content in form itself. In fact the story itself can be largely irrelevant in a great film -- see Bela Tarr, for one -- although some amount of it is usually necessary as a base.
Nor is acting talent particularly necessary either, if handled right. Some of my favorite directors restrain their actors, even great ones, from acting at all (e.g. any Bresson, or Pasolini's Teorema) or they use non-actors to great effect (e.g. Fellini, and Pasolini again with things like Decameron).
You do have a point about flashy technology though.