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Accattone
Accattone
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Directed by	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Written by	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produced by	Alfredo Bini; Cino Del Duca;
Starring	Franco Citti; Franca Pasut; Silvana Corsini;
Cinematography	Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Johann Sebastian Bach
Production; company	Arco Film
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	31 August 1961 (Italy);
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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Accattone ([akkatˈto:ne], lit. "vagabond", "scrounger"^[1]^[2]) is a 1961 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was Pasolini's first film as a director and premiered at the Venice Film Festival.^[3] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[4]

Plot

Vittorio, known as "Accattone," lives a relatively calm life as a pimp on the outskirts of Rome. However, his world is disrupted when a rival gang injures his prostitute, Maddalena, who ends up in prison due to false testimony. With his income gone and little interest in regular work, Accattone initially attempts to reconcile with the estranged mother of his child but faces rejection from her relatives. Turning to a simple working girl named Stella, he endeavors to persuade her into prostitution. Despite her initial willingness, a traumatic encounter with her first client leaves her in tears, leading to her expulsion from the car. Accattone briefly tries working as an iron worker to support them, but he abandons the effort after just one day. Haunted by a dream of his own death, he turns to a life of theft with a few friends, ultimately meeting a tragic end in a traffic accident while attempting to evade the police on a stolen motorcycle.

Cast

Franco Citti as Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
Franca Pasut as Stella
Silvana Corsini as Maddalena
Paola Guidi as Ascenza
Adriana Asti as Amore
Luciano Conti as Il Moicano
Luciano Gonini as Piede D'Oro
Renato Capogna as Renato
Alfredo Leggi as Papo Hirmedo
Galeazzo Riccardi as Cipolla
Leonardo Muraglia as Mammoletto
Giuseppe Ristagno as Peppe
Roberto Giovannoni as The German
Mario Cipriani as Balilla
Roberto Scaringella as Cartagine
Silvio Citti as Sabino
Monica Vitti (uncredited) as Ascenza (voice)

Production

The film was initially supposed to be produced by Federiz, a short-lived production company founded by Federico Fellini and Angelo Rizzoli.^[5] Test shoots were arranged to assess Pasolini's work as a debuting director, but the test was flunked by Rizzoli's main collaborator Clemente Fracassi and the project was dismissed.^[5] Tonino Cervi was also interested, but failed to convince Carlo Ponti to produce the film.^[5] Thanks to the efforts of Mauro Bolognini, who had previously collaborated with Pasolini and had been impressed by the film script, the project was eventually taken over by Alfredo Bini, who had just produced Bolognini's box office hit Il bell'Antonio, and who eventually involved Cino Del Duca in the film's funding.^[5]

The first choice for the title's role was Franco Interlenghi.^[5]

Reception and legacy

Critic Gino Moliterno, writing for Senses of Cinema magazine, described Accatone and its successor Mamma Roma as cinematic renditions of the world of the "borgate" (Roman shanty towns) of Pasolini's novels Ragazzi di vita (The Ragazzi or The Street Kids, 1955) and Una vita violenta (A Violent Life, 1959).^[6] Nick Barbaro of The Austin Chronicle titled it the possibly grimmest film he had ever seen.^[7]

Awards

Franco Citti was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor in 1963 for his performance.^[8]

References

^ Sisto, A. (13 March 2014). Film Sound in Italy: Listening to the Screen. Springer. ISBN 9781137387714 – via Google Books.
^ Bertellini, Giorgio (14 December 2017). The Cinema of Italy. Wallflower Press. ISBN 9781903364987 – via Google Books.
^ Schwarz, Barth David (2017). Pasolini Requiem (2 ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780226335025.
^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Faldini, Franca; Fofi, Goffredo (2009). L'avventurosa storia del cinema italiano. Bologna: Cineteca Bologna. pp. 47–61. ISBN 978-8899196349.
^ Moliterno, Gino (February 2004). "Accattone". Senses of Cinema Inc. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
^ Barbaro, Nick (19 January 2001). "Che Bella: Italian Neorealism and the Movies -- and the AFS Series -- It Inspired". The Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 December 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2006.
^ "Film in 1963". BAFTA. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

External links

[1] Sisto, A. (13 March 2014). Film Sound in Italy: Listening to the Screen. Springer. ISBN 9781137387714 – via Google Books.

[2] Bertellini, Giorgio (14 December 2017). The Cinema of Italy. Wallflower Press. ISBN 9781903364987 – via Google Books.

[Schwarz-3] Schwarz, Barth David (2017). Pasolini Requiem (2 ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780226335025.

[4] "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[st-5] Faldini, Franca; Fofi, Goffredo (2009). L'avventurosa storia del cinema italiano. Bologna: Cineteca Bologna. pp. 47–61. ISBN 978-8899196349.

[6] Moliterno, Gino (February 2004). "Accattone". Senses of Cinema Inc. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.

[7] Barbaro, Nick (19 January 2001). "Che Bella: Italian Neorealism and the Movies -- and the AFS Series -- It Inspired". The Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 December 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2006.

[8] "Film in 1963". BAFTA. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

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 * Silvana Corsini
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 | distributor    = [[Titanus]]
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+| released       = {{Film date|1961|8|31|Italy|df=y}}
 | runtime        = 117 minutes
 | country        = Italy
 | language       = Italian
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+'''''Accattone''''' ({{IPA|it|akkatˈto:ne|}}, lit. "vagabond", "scrounger"<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DxA6AwAAQBAJ&q=accattone+scrounger&pg=PA164|title=Film Sound in Italy: Listening to the Screen|first=A.|last=Sisto|date=13 March 2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137387714|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lbUXhrkkjwC&q=accattone+scrounger&pg=PA105|title=The Cinema of Italy|author1-link=Giorgio Bertellini|first=Giorgio|last=Bertellini|date=14 December 2017|publisher=Wallflower Press|isbn=9781903364987|via=Google Books}}</ref>) is a 1961 Italian [[drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]. It was Pasolini's first film as a director and premiered at the [[Venice Film Festival]].<ref name="Schwarz">{{cite book|last = Schwarz |first = Barth David |title = Pasolini Requiem |publisher = Pantheon Books |date = 2017 |location = New York |edition=2 |isbn = 9780226335025}}</ref> In 2008, the film was included on the [[Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism|Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage]]’s [[100 film italiani da salvare|100 Italian films to be saved]], a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera|url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/08_febbraio_28/elenco_cento_film_d83cacd8-e5ce-11dc-ab61-0003ba99c667.shtml|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.corriere.it}}</ref>
-'''''Accattone''''' is a 1961 Italian [[drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]. Despite an original screenplay, the film is often perceived as a cinematic rendition of Pasolini's earlier novels, particularly ''[[Ragazzi di vita]]'' (''The Ragazzi'', 1955) and ''Una vita violenta'' (''A Violent Life'', 1959).<ref>{{cite web|last=Moliterno |first=Gino |title=Accattone |publisher=Senses of Cinema Inc |date=February 2004 |url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/cteq/accattone/ |access-date=2007-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906165912/http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/04/accattone.html |archive-date=2007-09-06 |url-status=live }}</ref> Pasolini's [[List of directorial debuts|first film as a director]], ''Accattone'' uses what would later be seen as his trademark characteristics; a cast of non-professional actors hailing from the film's setting, and thematic emphasis on impoverished individuals.
+==Plot==
-While many were surprised by his shift from literature to film, Pasolini had considered attending the [[Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia]] in [[Rome]] prior to [[World War II]]. He had additionally collaborated with [[Federico Fellini]] on ''[[Nights of Cabiria|Le notti di Cabiria]]'' (1957) and considered cinema to be writing with reality. The word ''accattone'' {{IPA-it|akkatˈto:ne|}} is an informal term meaning "[[wiktionary:vagabond|vagabond]]" or "[[wiktionary:scrounger|scrounger]]".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DxA6AwAAQBAJ&q=accattone+scrounger&pg=PA164|title=Film Sound in Italy: Listening to the Screen|first=A.|last=Sisto|date=13 March 2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137387714|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lbUXhrkkjwC&q=accattone+scrounger&pg=PA105|title=The Cinema of Italy|author1-link=Giorgio Bertellini|first=Giorgio|last=Bertellini|date=14 December 2017|publisher=Wallflower Press|isbn=9781903364987|via=Google Books}}</ref>
+Vittorio, known as "Accattone," lives a relatively calm life as a pimp on the outskirts of Rome. However, his world is disrupted when a rival gang injures his prostitute, Maddalena, who ends up in prison due to false testimony. With his income gone and little interest in regular work, Accattone initially attempts to reconcile with the estranged mother of his child but faces rejection from her relatives. Turning to a simple working girl named Stella, he endeavors to persuade her into prostitution. Despite her initial willingness, a traumatic encounter with her first client leaves her in tears, leading to her expulsion from the car. Accattone briefly tries working as an iron worker to support them, but he abandons the effort after just one day. Haunted by a dream of his own death, he turns to a life of theft with a few friends, ultimately meeting a tragic end in a traffic accident while attempting to evade the police on a stolen motorcycle.
+==Cast==
-''Accattone'' is a story of pimps, prostitutes and thieves, types also represented in Pasolini's novels. The life of the employed (and unemployed) impoverished is depicted, a contrast to Italy's postwar economic reforms. Pasolini's topical choice was scandalous at the time, as was his blurring of the lines between the sacred and the profane. Although Pasolini attempted to distance himself from [[Italian neorealism|neorealism]], the film is often considered a kind of second-generation neorealism, with one critic believing it "may be the grimmest movie" he'd ever seen.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barbaro |first=Nick |title=Che Bella: Italian Neorealism and the Movies -- and the AFS Series -- It Inspired |publisher=[[Austin Chronicle|The Austin Chronicle]] |date=January 19, 2001 |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A80268 |access-date=2006-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207055450/http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A80268 |archive-date=7 December 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+* [[Franco Citti]] as Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
+* Franca Pasut as Stella
+* Silvana Corsini as Maddalena
+* Paola Guidi as Ascenza
+* [[Adriana Asti]] as Amore
+* Luciano Conti as Il Moicano
+* Luciano Gonini as Piede D'Oro
+* Renato Capogna as Renato
+* Alfredo Leggi as Papo Hirmedo
+* Galeazzo Riccardi as Cipolla
+* Leonardo Muraglia as Mammoletto
+* Giuseppe Ristagno as Peppe
+* Roberto Giovannoni as The German
+* Mario Cipriani as Balilla
+* Roberto Scaringella as Cartagine
+* Silvio Citti as Sabino
+* [[Monica Vitti]] (uncredited) as Ascenza (voice)
-==Plot==
+==Production==
+The film was initially supposed to be produced by Federiz, a short-lived production company founded by [[Federico Fellini]] and [[Angelo Rizzoli]].<ref name=st>{{cite book |last1=[[Faldini, Franca]] |last2=Fofi, Goffredo |title=L'avventurosa storia del cinema italiano |date=2009 |publisher=[[Cineteca di Bologna|Cineteca Bologna]] |location=Bologna |isbn=978-8899196349 |pages=47-61}}</ref> Test shoots were arranged to assess Pasolini's work as a debuting director, but the test was flunked by Rizzoli's main collaborator [[Clemente Fracassi]] and the project was dismissed.<ref name="st" /> [[Tonino Cervi]] was also interested, but failed to convince [[Carlo Ponti]] to produce the film.<ref name="st" /> Thanks to the efforts of [[Mauro Bolognini]], who had previously collaborated with Pasolini and had been impressed by the film script, the project was eventually taken over by [[Alfredo Bini]], who had just produced Bolognini's box office hit ''[[Il bell'Antonio]]'', and who eventually involved [[Cino Del Duca]] in the film's funding.<ref name="st" />
+The first choice for the title's role was [[Franco Interlenghi]].<ref name="st" />
-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 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. She is willing to try, but when her first 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, he goes stealing with a couple of friends and gets killed in a traffic accident when he tries to evade the police on a stolen motorcycle.
-==Cast==
+==Reception and legacy==
-*[[Franco Citti]] as Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
+Critic Gino Moliterno, writing for ''[[Senses of Cinema]]'' magazine, described ''Accatone'' and its successor ''[[Mamma Roma]]'' as cinematic renditions of the world of the "borgate" (Roman shanty towns) of Pasolini's novels ''[[Ragazzi di vita]]'' (''The Ragazzi'' or ''The Street Kids'', 1955) and ''Una vita violenta'' (''A Violent Life'', 1959).<ref>{{cite web|last=Moliterno |first=Gino |title=Accattone |publisher=Senses of Cinema Inc |date=February 2004 |url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/cteq/accattone/ |access-date=2007-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906165912/http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/04/accattone.html |archive-date=2007-09-06 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nick Barbaro of ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' titled it the possibly grimmest film he had ever seen.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barbaro |first=Nick |title=Che Bella: Italian Neorealism and the Movies -- and the AFS Series -- It Inspired |publisher=[[Austin Chronicle|The Austin Chronicle]] |date=January 19, 2001 |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A80268 |access-date=2006-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207055450/http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A80268 |archive-date=7 December 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*{{ill|Franca Pasut|fr|Franca Pasut|it|Franca Pasut}} as Stella
-*{{ill|Silvana Corsini|it|Silvana Corsini}} as Maddalena
-*Paola Guidi as Ascenza
-*[[Adriana Asti]] as Amore
-*Luciano Conti as Il Moicano
-*Luciano Gonini as Piede D'Oro
-*Renato Capogna as Renato
-*Alfredo Leggi as Papo Hirmedo
-*Galeazzo Riccardi as Cipolla
-*Leonardo Muraglia as Mammoletto
-*Giuseppe Ristagno as Peppe
-*Roberto Giovannoni as The German
-*{{ill|Mario Cipriani (actor)|it|Mario Cipriani (attore)}} as Balilla
-*Roberto Scaringella as Cartagine
-*Silvio Citti as Sabino
-*[[Monica Vitti]] (uncredited) as Ascenza (voice)
 ==Awards==
-Franco Citti was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role#BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor]] in 1963 for his title role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054599/awards|title=Accattone|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>
+Franco Citti was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role#BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor]] in 1963 for his performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1963/film |title=Film in 1963 |website=BAFTA |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref>
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*{{Amg movie|675}}
+* {{Amg movie|675}}
-*{{IMDb title|0054599}}
+* {{IMDb title|0054599}}
-*{{Rotten Tomatoes|accattone}}
+* {{Rotten Tomatoes|accattone}}
-*[http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/cteq/accattone/ Senses of Cinema essay on ''Accattone'']
 {{Pier Paolo Pasolini}}
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-[[Category:Italian films]]
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 [[Category:1961 directorial debut films]]
 [[Category:Italian drama films]]
+[[Category:1960s Italian films]]
+[[Category:Italian-language drama films]]
+[[Category:Films set in slums]]

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