Accattone
1961 · Movie · 117 min · ★ 7.7 · 95% critics
A pimp in post-war Rome who survives by exploiting a prostitute sees his life spiral when she is sent to prison. With his income gone, he tries to make changes after meeting someone new, but his world of desperation and manipulation makes redemption difficult.
Also known as The Procurer
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Details
- Years
- 1961
- Release date
- 1961-09-25
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (519 votes)
About
You’ll likely like Accattone if you want a bleak, gritty look at life in Rome’s underworld, where irony and hardship mingle, and you find compassionate spiritual questions compelling; Not for you if you want a light or purely uplifting experience, or if films like Mamma Roma and Nights of Cabiria sound appealing for comfort rather than intensity.
Pros: harshly grounded story; bleak atmosphere; moments of humour | Cons: very desperate tone; exploitation-focused material; may feel hard to watch
Themes
- prostitute
- robbery
- rome, italy
- pimp
- poverty
Cast & crew
Franco Citti
as Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi
Franca Pasut
as Stella
Silvana Corsini
as Maddalena
- PG
Paola Guidi
as Ascenza
Adriana Asti
as Amore
Luciano Conti
as Il Moicano
- LG
Luciano Gonini
as Piede d'Oro
- RC
Renato Capogna
as Il Capogna
- AL
Alfredo Leggi
as Pupo Biondo
- GR
Galeazzo Riccardi
as Il Cipolla
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini