Title of film : Accattone
Director Name : Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast & crew :
Producer : Alfredo Bini,Cino Del Duca
Editor : Nino Baragli
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Synopsis : In the sordid fringes of Rome of the 1960s, Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi, a pimp, thrives off the avails of the prostitute, Maddalena. Though married, he does not live with or provide for his wife Ascenza and son Iaio, preferring loafing around with his prodigal friends to filial responsibility. When Madalena is injured by his rivals, and arrested and imprisoned for a year, Accattone’s reckless lifestyle is threatened. Bereft of a steady source of income and estranged from his family, Accattone, who lacks the inclination to work, considers getting a real job when he meets Stella, a naïve-appearing young woman who leads a hard life. As the thought of a stable job becomes repugnant, he contemplates pimping for Stella whilst developing a crush on her. Despite willing to give it a try, Stella gets cold feet when her first client begins to make advances. In order to support her, Accattone attempts a job but gives up after a day of labour. Later, after a disturbing vision of his own death, he goes out to steal with his friends and is killed in a traffic accident while trying to evade the police. Review:“It is a strangely mixed leftism that regards with fondness—not as the exploited, or as parasitic, but as poetic and tender—the two most decidedly capitalist métiers in the world.”- Renata Adler, The New York Times
Director Bio : Italian intellectual, poet, novelist and motion-picture director also noted for being an actor, visual artist, playwright, translator and journalist, Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922- November 2, 1975) is known for having demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, imparting to his creation a spiritual quality whilst denying any ultimate, transcendent truth. Furthermore an outspoken philosopher, painter and linguist, he challenged social norms and made strong political statements with his unorthodox views on homosexuality, Marxism, fascism and atheism, all of which made him a highly controversial figure. His body of work focused on the underside of modern life and was defined by potent imagery and thematic juxtapositions of the sacred and the profane, the pious and the perverse, the personal and the political
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