The character of Accattone himself, self-destructive and conscious of his situation within a class from which he cannot escape, embodies many of the contradictions in Pasolini's lifetime of coming to terms with Marxism and Catholicism.
Accattone (1961)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:13
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: When the girlfriend he pimps winds up in jail, Roman hustler Accattone (Franco Citti) struggles against hunger and guilt in his search for redemption. Pasolini's brutally realistic first feature,... When the girlfriend he pimps winds up in jail, Roman hustler Accattone (Franco Citti) struggles against hunger and guilt in his search for redemption. Pasolini's brutally realistic first feature, assistant-directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, introduces his preoccupation with the marginalized segments of Italian bourgeois society that would characterize subsequent films like MAMMA ROMA and TEOREMA. [More]
Starring: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Roberto Scaringella, Adriana Asti
Starring: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Roberto Scaringella, Adriana Asti, Silvana Corsini, Luciano Conti, Paola Guidi, Luciano Gonini, Renato Capogna
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Screenwriter: Sergio Citti
Producer: Alfredo Bini
Reviews for Accattone
Pasolini's first feature is a classic neorealist study of the Roman underworld of poverty and petty thievery.
This is a fascinating debut by writer-director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who has scripted some interesting pix.
A brutally lyrical and unsentimental urban drama grounded in realism.
The brutality and frigid despair of this 1962 film have had a lasting impact on political filmmaking.
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