Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
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Accattone ([akkatˈto:ne], lit. "vagabond", "scrounger") is a 1961 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was Pasolini's first film as a director and premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Accattone: Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi. A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
In the slums of Rome, Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi (Franco Citti) supports himself as a pimp for his longtime girlfriend, Maddalena (Silvana Corsini).
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Accattone. Poet and painter turned filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini courted controversy with his very first feature by using Catholic iconography and liturgical music to render a plaintive, brutally beautiful portrait of a shiftless Roman pimp and thief (then-nonprofessional Franco Citti, in a revelatory performance) whose life of petty crime ...
Nov 16, 2022 · Accattone (Franco Citti) is a shiftless pimp who loses his livelihood when the woman he works with is thrown in prison. Unable to support himself, the desperate Accattone sets his sights on luring a seemingly naive young woman (Franca Pasut) into sex work.
Starring Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini. Poet and painter turned filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini courted controversy with his very first feature by using Catholic iconography and liturgical music to render a plaintive, brutally beautiful portrait of a shiftless Roman pimp and thief (then-nonprofessional Franco Citti, in a revelatory ...
Dec 4, 2020 · This is not the suit-wearing suave Marcello Mastroianni characters from Fellini or the affluent ennui of Antonioni in the early 1960’s Italian cinema. Accattone is rough, gambling, spitting—he has an edge. He’s a pimp, wearing a chain and the trademark white sweater.
Pier Paolo Pasolini's debut follows pimp Accattone and his entourage of criminals and wastrels through their episodic life of scams, dodgy deals and general hucksterism.
In the poor periphery of Rome of the 60's, despicable Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi (Franco Citti) is maintained by the hooker Maddalena (Silvana Corsini), spending the time with his useless idle friends.
Jul 11, 2019 · Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Starring Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini and Paola Guidi.Pasolini 101 Blu-ray (Criterion) https://www.criterion....
