|, March 8, 2008 Accattone was Pasolini's first film as director, made in 1961. 1961 Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. Accattone falls in love with her, but as the thought of working a steady job now becomes abhorrent, contemplates ... ‘In The Mood For Love’, ‘Breathless’, ‘L’Avventura’ selected for 2020 Cannes Classics. comment. | Rating: B+ | Fresh (15). Be the first one to write a review. There are no featured audience reviews for Accattone (The Procurer) (The Scrounger) at this time. Finding himself without either a steady income or much inclination for working himself, he first tries to reconcile with the estranged mother of his child, but is driven away by her relatives; he then encounters the (apparently) naive Stella and tries to lure her into prostituting herself for him. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. Cinemark Don’t worry, it won’t take long. His source of income is threatened when Maddalena is injured being hit by a motorcyclist, then beaten by rivals of his, which leads to her being arrested and jailed for a year. Don't have an account? She is willing to try, but when her first client begins pawing her she cries and gets out of the car. In the slums of Rome, Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi (Franco Citti) supports himself as a pimp for his longtime girlfriend, Maddalena (Silvana Corsini). |, July 30, 2007 [5], "Che Bella: Italian Neorealism and the Movies -- and the AFS Series -- It Inspired", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Accattone&oldid=981342010, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 18:55. After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with the powerful sorceress, Medea. [2][3], Accattone is a story of pimps, prostitutes and thieves, types also represented in his novels. There, people live in precarious conditions, hunger ravages, women struggle to survive and men dedicate themselves to crime. "Accatone" is, at its best, a chunk of life, which Pasolini managed to extract not as it initially was, but dramatically filtered through his own personal lyrical gaze. He is married to Ascenza with who he has one young son named Iaio, but he does not live with them - they who live with her father and brother - provide for them, or play any important part of their lives. October 23, 2007 View production, box office, & company info. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. Microphone in hand, Pier Paolo Pasolini asks Italians to talk about sex: he asks children where babies come from, young and old women if they are men's equals, men and women if a woman's ... See full summary », "La Rabbia" employs documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by discontent, anguish, ... See full summary », The tragic and self-destructive sexual battle between a man and his wife. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. Forgot your password? An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron". Just confirm how you got your ticket. However, an extortion scheme endangers her aspirations for a decent bourgeois life. It was 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.