Accattone

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 Pasolinis earlier novels, particularly Boys of Life and A Violent Life. It is Pasolinis first film as director, employing what would later be seen as trademark Pasolini characteristics a cast of nonprofessional actors hailing from where the movie is set, and thematic emphasis on impoverished individuals.

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. She is willing to try, but when a client begins pawing her she cries and gets out of the car. Accattone tries to support her, but gives up on honest labor after one day, and following a bizarre vision of his own death, is killed in a traffic accident when he tries to evade the police on a stolen motorcycle.

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