
Accattone
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
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"Accattone is a relentless study of the suffering that accompanies poverty. Pasolini utilises the well worn techniques of the Italian neo-realist moment to represent the depressing and oppressive life of a pimp - Accattone (played by the astonishing Franco Citti) - in the slums of post-war Rome. His life is beleaguered by guilt and self-disgust; his occupation, which is ostensibly the exploitation of women, causes the titular character untold despair. Ultimately he is unable to rationalise his need to eat with the suffering he causes to the women who work for him; they are, after all, also his ..."
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This was Bernardo Bertolucci's first work in movies. He was an assistant director.
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A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.





