Accattone
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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 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, RoviCast
- Franco Citti - Vittorio Accattone
- Silvana Corsini - Maddalena
- Franca Pasut - Stella
- Paolo Guidi - Ascenza
- Adele Cambria - Nannina
Credit
Bernardo Bertolucci - First Assistant Director, Pier Paolo Pasolini - Director, Nino Baragli - Editor, Flavio Mogherini - Production Designer, Tonino Delli Colli - Cinematographer, Alfredo Bini - Producer, Pier Paolo Pasolini - Screenwriter, Johann Sebastian Bach - Featured Music, Pier Paolo Pasolini - Book Author| Acapulco a Go-Go (1967 Film), Acapulco Gold (1972 Film) | |
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| Directed by | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Produced by | Alfredo Bini Cino Del Duca |
| Written by | Sergio Citti Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Starring | Franco Citti Franca Pasut Silvana Corsini |
| Music by | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Editing by | Nino Baragli |
| Studio | Arco Film |
| Distributed by | Brandon Films |
| Release date(s) | 31 August 1961 (Venice Film Festival) 22 November 1961 (Italy) |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Italian |
Accattone is a 1961 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Despite being filmed from an original screenplay, academics perceive Accattone as a cinematic rendition of Pasolini's earlier novels, particularly Boys of Life and A Violent Life.[1] It is Pasolini's first film as director, employing what would later be seen as trademark Pasolini characteristics; a cast of non-professional actors hailing from where the movie is set, and thematic emphasis on impoverished individuals.
While many people were surprised by Pasolini's shift from literature to film, he had considered attending the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome before WWII. Pasolini had cooperated with Federico Fellini on Le notti di Cabiria and considered cinema to be writing with reality. The word "Accattone" is a slang term mainly used for beggars, referring to people who never do well, who are lazy, and who rarely hold down a job.[citation needed]
Accattone is a story of pimps, prostitutes and thieves, the same topic as his novels. Peasant culture is celebrated, in contrast to Italy's postwar economic reforms. Pasolini’s choice of topics was scandalous, as was his blurring of the lines between the sacred and the profane. Although Pasolini tried to distance himself from neorealism, the film is considered to be a kind of second neorealism, with one critic believing it "may be the grimmest movie" he'd ever seen.[2]
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Vittorio (Franco Citti), nicknamed "Accattone" (meaning 'beggar' in Italian), leads a mostly serene life as a pimp until his prostitute, Maddalena, is hurt by his rivals and sent to prison. Finding himself without a steady income, and not much inclination for working himself, he discovers the naive Stella and tries to lure her into prostituting herself for him. Hesitant at first, she later embraces her new profession (and her clients) more willingly. However, it is too late for Accattone, who, after a bizarre vision of his own death, is killed in a traffic accident when he tries to evade the police on a stolen motorcycle.
Cast
- Franco Citti as Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi. Citti, the star of the film, eventually became a professional actor, starring in many of Pasolini's later films.
- Franca Pasut as Stella
- Silvana Corsini as Maddalena
- Paola Guidi as Ascenza
- Adriana Asti as Amore
- Luciano Conti as Il Moicano
- Luciano Gonini as Piede D'Oro
- Renato Capogna as Renato
- Alfredo Leggi as Papo Hirmedo
- Galeazzo Riccardi as Cipolla
- Leonardo Muraglia as Mammoletto
- Giuseppe Ristagno as Peppe
- Roberto Giovannoni as The German
- Mario Cipriani as Balilla
- Roberto Scaringella as Cartagine
- Silvio Citti as Sabino
- Monica Vitti (uncredited) as Ascenza (voice)
Awards
Franco Citti was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor in 1963 for his title role.[3]
References in popular culture
The British singer/songwriter Morrissey refers to Accattone in a song called "You Have Killed Me" from his 2006 album Ringleader of the Tormentors. The first verse of the song is: "Pasolini is me, 'Accattone' you'll be..."[citation needed]
References
- ^ Moliterno, Gino (February 2004). "Accattone". Senses of Cinema Inc. Archived from the original on 2007-09-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070906165912/http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/04/accattone.html. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ Barbaro, Nick (January 19, 2001). "Che Bella: Italian Neorealism and the Movies -- and the AFS Series -- It Inspired" (in English). The Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 December 2006. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A80268. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
- ^ Accattone (1961) - Awards
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