Accattone (1961)

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

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