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Prostitute | Rome, Italy
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Starring Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini in the lead roles.
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A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Starring Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini in the lead roles.
1962 | Franco
Best Producer Migliore Produttore For | 1962
Best Producer (Migliore Produttore) | 1962
Best Film | 1962 | Pier Paolo
Best Foreign Actor | 1963 | Franco
Best Actor Migliore Attore Protagonista | 1962 | Franco
Best Screenplay Migliore Sceneggiatura | 1962
Best Film | 1962 | Pier Paolo
This was Bernardo Bertolucci's first work in movies. He was an assistant director.
The Rome premiere of Accatone was accosted by the neo-fascist group Nuova-Europa, causing mayhem by violently attacking the audience and vandalising the cinema.
"Accattone" is Roman dialect and derives from "accattare" (to take, gain or acquire, often by illegal or otherwise unorthodox means). It indicates a beggar, and was mainly used in a non-literal sense, that is, it does not indicate a professional beggar but someone who lives of expedients: small thefts, begging, small-time frauds. It is a heavily derogatory term, and the leading character's having it as a nickname means he was held in low esteem even by other criminals (as this was usually the case for pimps, as they exploited prostitutes and gained money but did not personally risk their lives and health, unlike thieves, robbers and other members of the underworld). This word has become almost obsolete in Roman dialect nowadays.
Pier Paolo Pasolini's directing debut.
According to Paolo Bonacelli, one of the main stars of Pasolini's final movie Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), Pasolini was in mind Giorgio Cataldi to play the part of Accattone, but he was replaced by Franco Citti because he was in jail at the moment of the filming. Is very typical in Pasolini's movies that characters share name with the actor who play them, and curiously, Accattone's surname is Cataldi. Giorgio Cataldi would do the first of his only two films in Pasolini's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), along with Bonacelli.
"The German: The police are coming! Act nonchalant."
"Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi: Call me Accattone. There are lots of Vittorios but I'm the only Accattone."
