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Summary:

A graphic slice of Italian street life, this documentary-styled drama recounts a pimp's efforts to leave his past life behind him when he falls in love with a young woman.

Contributors:

Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975 , film director, screenwriter

Bini, Alfredo, 1926-2010 , film producer

Citti, Franco , actor

Pasut, Franca , actor

Corsini, Silvana , actor

Guidi, Paola , actor

Delli Colli, Tonino , director of photography

Baragli, Nino , editor of moving image work

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Italian
English

Language Notes:

Italian dialogue; English subtitles.

Main Work:

Accattone (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Criterion collection

Subjects:

Street life — Italy — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Drama

Italy — Social conditions — 1945-1976 — Drama

Man-woman relationships

Social conditions

Street life

Italy

1945-1976

Genres:

Motion pictures

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Social problem films

Crime films

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; mono.

Performers:

Cast: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Tonino Delli Colli ; editing, Nino Baragli

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
Full screen (1.37:1)
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; commentary track, recorded for Eureka Entertainment in 2011, featuring critic and historian Tony Rayns; Pasolini on Pasolini, a new 2023 program on Pasolini's visual style as told through his personal writing, narrated by actor Tilda Swinton and writer Rachel Kushner; an episode of Cinéastes de Notre Temps, aired November 15, 1966 and directed by Jean-André Fieschi, which includes a conversation with Pasolini and interviews with actors and collaborators who worked with the filmmaker; trailer.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.37:1; full screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

ACC 1961 BLU

ISBNs:

9798886070385 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515284417 (set)
Publisher Number: CC3462BD (set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3462BD-1 (disc 1)

OCLC Numbers:

1390101577