Drama

Accattone

- The Poor Man's "Dolce Vita"

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

Release Date : 1961-09-25

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Cino del DucaArco Film

Production Country : Italy

Alternative Titles : The Procurer

Cast

Character Name : Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi

Original Name : Franco Citti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stella

Original Name : Franca Pasut

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maddalena

Original Name : Silvana Corsini

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ascenza

Original Name : Paola Guidi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Amore

Original Name : Adriana Asti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Il Moicano

Original Name : Luciano Conti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Piede d'Oro

Original Name : Luciano Gonini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il Capogna

Original Name : Renato Capogna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pupo Biondo

Original Name : Alfredo Leggi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il Cipolla

Original Name : Galeazzo Riccardi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mommoletto

Original Name : Leonardo Muraglia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peppe il Folle

Original Name : Giuseppe Ristagno

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il Tedesco

Original Name : Roberto Giovannoni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Balilla

Original Name : Mario Cipriani

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cartagine

Original Name : Roberto Scaringella

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sabino

Original Name : Silvio Citti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lo Scucchia

Original Name : Giovanni Orgitano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pio

Original Name : Piero Morgia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salvatore

Original Name : Umberto Bevilacqua

Gender : Male

Character Name : Franco

Original Name : Franco Bevilacqua

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amerigo

Original Name : Amerigo Bevilacqua

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gennarino

Original Name : Sergio Fioravanti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nannina

Original Name : Adele Cambria

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il Cliente di Amore

Original Name : Adriano Mazzelli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mario

Original Name : Mario Castiglione

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dino

Original Name : Dino Frondi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tommaso

Original Name : Tommaso Nuovo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suocero di Accattone

Original Name : Romolo Orazi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cognato di Accattone

Original Name : Massimo Cacciafeste

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il Burino

Original Name : Francesco Orazi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il Commissario

Original Name : Mario Guerani

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il Giudice Istruttore

Original Name : Stefano D'Arrigo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Primo Agente

Original Name : Enrico Fioravanti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secondo Agente

Original Name : Nino Russo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Primo Farlocco

Original Name : Edgardo Siroli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secondo Farlocco

Original Name : Renato Terra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sor Pietro

Original Name : Emanuele Di Bari

Gender : Male

Character Name : Franco

Original Name : Franco Marucci

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carlo

Original Name : Carlo Sardoni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Margheritona

Original Name : Adriana Moneta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Becchino

Original Name : Polidor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Iaio

Original Name : Danilo Alleva

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il Cameriere

Original Name : Sergio Citti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Una Detenuta

Original Name : Elsa Morante

Gender : Female

Character Name : Intellettuale (uncredited)

Original Name : Gabriele Baldini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ragazzo (uncredited)

Original Name : Franco Venditti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amica prostituta nel ristorante

Original Name : Luisa Loiano

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-04

The eponymous creature (Franco Citti) is a bit of a malevolent sponge. Hs has deserted his wife and child so he can sit with his mates carousing and playing cards whilst he pimps out "Maddalena" (Silvana Corsini) and lives off her ill-gotten gains. He's quite content with this arrangement until she has an altercation with a Vesper and then finds herself rather unjustly locked up for a year. With his income dried up, he has to make some changes. He's ill equipped to get himself a job, and isn't really motivated either. Until, that is, he meets the wandering "Stella" (Franca Pasut). There are certain similarities between her and his incarcerated meal ticket, but she's no hooker nor anywhere near as green as he'd initially thought. He gradually starts to fall for her but can he sort himself out and jettison the worst elements of his past before she tells him to take a run and jump? Though it's hardly a jolly affair, I found this first of his movies to be one of Pasolini's merrier affairs that allows some humour to pepper a narrative of exploitation and manipulation. There's little doubt that the "Accattone" is a pretty odious man, but as the film moves along there's a sense that begins to creep in that he's not beyond redemption - and both the intimate photography and the engaging talent of the boyish Citti help bring that out slowly but surely. Pasut and Corsini both play well with parts that are gritty, earthy and devoid of anything that might really offer them any hope, and on the sidelines his young son "Iaio" (Danilo Alleva) often serves as the most of unlikely of anchors for his selfish father. There's always space for a comment on the place of the church in society, and here there's a distinct parody being drawn between sainthood and, well you decide... Hardly ever seen these days but well worth a couple of hours to see a Rome that Nero might well have been proud of.