Accattone (1961) Reviews & Ratings

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Accattone reviews

Accattone holds a 7.7/10 average from 528 TMDB ratings.

The eponymous creature (Franco Citti) is a bit of a malevolent sponge. Hs has deserted his wife and child so he can sit with his mates carousing and playing cards whilst he pimps out "Maddalena" (Silvana Corsini) and lives off her ill-gotten gains. He's quite content with this arrangement until she has an altercation with a Vesper and then finds herself rather unjustly locked up for a year. With his income dried up,…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

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