Accattone

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Accattone is a 1961 Italian neorealist drama film marking Pier Paolo Pasolini’s directorial debut, portraying the harsh life of a Roman pimp in the city’s impoverished outskirts.

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Accattone canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian film
film
neorealist film
basedOn Pasolini’s earlier literary work and characters
castMember Adriana Asti
Franca Pasut
Franco Citti
Mario Cipriani
Paola Guidi
Roberto Scaringella
Silvana Corsini
characterNameOrigin nickname of protagonist Vittorio
cinematographyBy Tonino Delli Colli
countryOfOrigin Italy
director Pier Paolo Pasolini
distributor Cineriz
editedBy Nino Baragli
filmingLocation Pigneto neighborhood
Rome
genre drama
neorealism
leadActor Franco Citti
marks directorial debut of Pier Paolo Pasolini
musicBy Johann Sebastian Bach
Severino Gazzelloni
narrativeFocus character study
notableFor use of Bach’s sacred music over images of Roman slums
originalLanguage Italian
partOf Italian neorealist cinema tradition
portrays life of a Roman pimp
subproletariat milieu
urban poverty
premieredAt Venice Film Festival
producer Alfredo Bini
productionCompany Arco Film
protagonistName Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
releaseDate 1961-09-01
releaseYear 1961
runtimeMinutes 120
screenwriter Pier Paolo Pasolini
setInCity Rome
setInCountry Italy
setInPeriod post-war Italy
settingDetail Roman outskirts
stars Franco Citti
theme Catholic imagery
existential despair
marginalization
social realism

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Pier Paolo Pasolini notableWork Accattone
Tonino Delli Colli notableWork Accattone
Tonino Delli Colli workedOn Accattone
Mamma Roma followsWork Accattone