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The Poor Man's "Dolce Vita"

Accattone (1961)

September 25, 19611h 57mIT
7.7

517 votes

Overview

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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Streaming availability for India

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Criterion Channel
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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

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Production Companies

Cino del DucaArco Film

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CinemaSerf

7.0

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, he has to make some changes. He's ill equipped to get himself a job, and isn't really motivated either. Until, that is, he meets the wandering "Stella" (Franca Pasut). There are ce…

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