Accattone (1961)
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Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 13 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
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, assistant-directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, introduces his preoccupation with the... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Roberto Scaringella, Adriana Asti, Silvana Corsini
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Pasolini's first feature is a classic neorealist study of the Roman underworld of poverty and petty thievery.
10/23/07
This is a fascinating debut by writer-director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who has scripted some interesting pix.
10/23/07
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A brutally lyrical and unsentimental urban drama grounded in realism.
07/30/07
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.
06/24/06
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The brutality and frigid despair of this 1962 film have had a lasting impact on political filmmaking.
01/01/00
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