Directed by:
Pier Paolo PasoliniCinematography:
Tonino Delli ColliCast:
Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini, Adriana Asti, Monica Vitti, Ferdinand Guillaume, Sergio Citti, Renato Terra, Piero Morgia, Luciano Conti, Mario Cipriani (more)Plots(1)
The debut feature of Italian filmmaker-novelist-poet-provocateur Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salò, or: The 120 Days of Sodom; The Gospel According to Matthew; The Decameron), Accattone rocked the cinema world with its depictions, at once raw and elegant, of the underside of Roman street life - and, in the process, seemed to announce a new direction for Italian films: a neo-neorealism. On the mean streets of Rome, Accattone’s eponymous pimp (played by Franco Citti, one of a remarkable cast of local non-professionals) leads a hand-to-mouth existence on the very margins of society: prostituting, scrounging, exploiting. When his prize prostitute Maddalena is arrested and jailed, the pimp’s fortunes dwindle, and he is forced to confront his own existence. The work of one of Italy’s foremost auteurs, Accattone combines a fascination with poverty, sexual mores, and the entrapments of society, with a sense of humanity and sanctity rarely seen in cinema. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Franco Citti
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Silvana Corsini
Italy
Best movies:
Accattone (1961)
Mamma Roma (1962)
Adriana Asti
Italy
Best movies:
The Best of Youth (2003) (series)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Monica Vitti
Italy
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
La Notte (1961)
Ferdinand Guillaume
France
Best movies:
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
La dolce vita (1960)
Accattone (1961)
Sergio Citti
Italy
Best movies:
Accattone (1961)
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968)
Renato Terra
Italy
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Piero Morgia
Italy
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Accattone (1961)
Mamma Roma (1962)
Luciano Conti
Best movies:
Accattone (1961)
The Magnificent Robin Hood (1970)
Mario Cipriani
Best movies:
Accattone (1961)
Mamma Roma (1962)
Rogopag (1963)
Alfredo Leggi
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
Accattone (1961)
Hawks and Sparrows (1966)
Elsa Morante
Italy
Best movies:
Accattone (1961)