directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini: 40th Anniversary
The first of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s highly acclaimed films and the winner of
numerous film festival prizes, Accattone uses a talented cast to present a
vivid picture of the Roman slums. Based on one of the filmmaker/poet’s novels,
this story of a pimp, his friends, his enemies and his girls is realism at its
earthiness. It is brutal, realistic, un-sentimental and bustling with life.
Particularly effective is the use of Johann Sebastian Bach on the soundtrack,
which provides the ironic counterpoint of the world of prostitutes and street
fighters.