Accattone (The Procurer) (The Scrounger) (1961)
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Accattone , Pier Paolo Pasolini's first feature, is also his first semidocumentary study of "the little homelands": the small, often squalid cultural pockets in the remotest provinces of Italy. Using nonprofessional actors for his leading characters, Pasolini concentrates on Franco… More Accattone , Pier Paolo Pasolini's first feature, is also his first semidocumentary study of "the little homelands": the small, often squalid cultural pockets in the remotest provinces of Italy. Using nonprofessional actors for his leading characters, Pasolini concentrates on Franco Citti, a rural pimp who falls in love with virtuous Franca Pasut. Having previously led an aimless existence, Citti takes a job-and, it is implied, a bath--in hopes of impressing his new girl. It isn't long, however, before Citti gives up both job and Pasut, degenerating into a life of violent crime. As was the case with most of his subsequent films, Pasolini both directed and wrote Accattone, adapting the screenplay from his own novel ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Written By
- Sergio Citti
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 31, 1961 Wide
- Studio
- Water Bearer Films Inc.
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
This is a fascinating debut by writer-director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who has scripted some interesting pix.
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, Time Out
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.
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Renata Adler, New York Times
The result is uneven, but not without distinction.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The brutality and frigid despair of this 1962 film have had a lasting impact on political filmmaking.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
At once squalid and exalted
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Cast
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Franco Citti
as Vittorio Accattone
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Silvana Corsini
as Maddalena
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Franca Pasut
as Stella
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Paola Guidi
as Ascenza
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Adele Cambria
as Nannina
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Adriana Asti
as Amore
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Amerigo Bevilacqua
as Amerigo
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Piero Morgia
as Pio
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Jérôme Polidor
as Becchino
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Monica Vitti
as Ascenza
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Roberto Scaringella
as Cartagine
