Accattone (1961)
Pasolini's first film is a painfully realistic study of a pimp in Rome. Vittorio Accattone has never worked a day in his life... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Written By: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sergio Citti
Starring: Adriana Asti, Franco Citti, Polidor, Renato Terra, Luciano Conti, Piero Morgia, Alfredo Leggi, Mario Cipriani, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi, Mario Castiglione, Franca Pasut
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
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Accattone belongs to 45 collections
1. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Scottathon - 39 stars)
2. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 38 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 32 stars)
4. Passed the Bechdel Test (collaborative: moderated by geohawk - 29 stars)
5. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Jehan - 27 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
7. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2017 revision) (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 22 stars)
8. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (collaborative: moderated by rant1229 - 20 stars)
9. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
10. Best of criticker: Drama (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 18 stars)
11. Directorial debut (collaborative: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
12. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2013 revision) (collaborative: moderated by rant1229 - 16 stars)
13. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
14. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2020 revision) (public: djross - 14 stars)
15. Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Narrative Films (collaborative: moderated by dardan - 12 stars)
16. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 11 stars)
17. Sight and Sound 2002 (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)
18. Prostitution (collaborative: moderated by Moribunny - 7 stars)
19. Masters of Cinema (collaborative: moderated by hristos - 6 stars)
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21. Neorealism (collaborative - 5 stars)
22. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Scottathon - 4 stars)
23. The Auteurs World Cup (collaborative - 4 stars)
24. Djross great movies (public: djross - 4 stars)
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MartinTeller | 83 77th |
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Pasolini's neutrality towards the characters here is refreshing: few of them are saints, but most of them have some redeeming qualities, and the viewer is invited to empathize without judging them. Though Accattone is kind of a lazy scumbag, we also feel how the environment of poverty, hunger and unemployment contributes to his status. The tone is somewhat neo-realist without the more tedious trappings of the genre, and manages to keep the situations and characters interesting throughout.
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eveelun | 78 70th |
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Interesting, pretty bleak portrait of a pimp's life. I had a hard time relating to the characters, though, so it doesn't quite live up to Pasolini's Mama Roma or, say, Fellini's Nights of Cabiria. Still worth seeing for its candidness and objective take on poverty and desperation.
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pyrosexual | 68 20th |
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Poopless Pasolini movies are too dry for me I think...
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venice | 98 98th |
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I truly love the cemetery dream sequence. It's too beautiful.
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ratedargh | 75 54th |
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More interesting than satisfying. It's a study of laziness and darkness. Looking for shortcuts instead of doing honest work, though when the honest work is thankless, backbreaking, and for next to no pay, why not? There's no judgment on the characters, and the tone is very matter-of-fact making it a surprisingly assured directorial debut.
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JPFerguson | 75 80th |
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This is my first Pasolini movie and it has to be said that it is a highly impressive debut film. The story is enthralling and the performances are for the most part as well, although there are quite a few moments when the non-professional nature of the actors manifests in a way that disrupts the flow of the film in a detrimental way. There is no doubt that it is at the same time brutal and delicate - hallmarks of neorealism - in its portrayal of Roman life at this time as a moral quagmire.
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| Average Percentile 68.3% from 459 Ratings |  |