Italian auteur Pier Paolo Pasolini turns a probing lens on the real world as he conducts frank interviews with his countrymen in this fascinating documentary. From Florence and Milan to Naples and Palermo, Pasolini takes the cultural and moral pulse of post–World War II Italy -- a nation in transition. Posing questions about sex, love, marriage, divorce, prostitution and homosexuality, the filmmaker elicits responses ranging from glib to astute.