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Tag Archives: Franco Citti
Arabian Nights AKA Il fiore delle mille e una notte (1974) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli
In this film inspired by the ancient erotic and mysterious tales of the Middle East Read More »
First Surrender AKA La primera entrega (1971) Angelino Fons, Emma Penella, Glen Lee, Franco Citti
Johnny and Michel, young men who live on the edge of the law, taking advantage Read More »
Mamma Roma (1962) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti
After many years working in the streets of Roma, the middle-age whore Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) Read More »
The Decameron AKA Il Decameron (1971) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio’s “Decameron”: A young man from Perugia is swindled twice in Naples Read More »
Violent Life AKA Una vita violenta (1962) Paolo Heusch, Brunello Rondi, Franco Citti, Serena Vergano, Enrico Maria Salerno
Based on a novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini, UNA VITA VIOLENTA chronicles the life and death of Tommaso (Franco Citti) Read More »
Black Jesus AKA Seduto alla sua destra (1968) Valerio Zurlini, Woody Strode, Franco Citti, Jean Servais
A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Read More »
Gangster’s Law (1969) Siro Marcellini, Klaus Kinski, Maurice Poli, Franco Citti
A con man pulls a double-cross on a gang of vicious bank robbers. Read More »
Oedipus Rex (1967) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son – and the scene moves to antiquity Read More »
Accattone (1961) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Drama
In a seedy section of Rome, Vittorio Cataldi – “Accattone” (“beggar” in Italian) to those that know him – lives off the avails of prostitution, Maddalena being his one and only girl. He is married to Ascenza with who he has one young son named Iaio, but he does not live with them – they who live with her father and brother – provide for them, or play any important part of their lives. He generally hangs out with his similarly slack life friends playing cards and drinking. His source of income is threatened when Maddalena is injured being hit by a motorcyclist, then beaten by rivals of his, which leads to her being arrested and jailed for a year. Largely because of Iaio, Accattone contemplates going straight and getting a real job. Then he meets Stella, a young innocent woman who has had a hard life, but who is not as naive to the ways of the world as she first appears. Accattone falls in love with her, but as the thought of working a steady job now becomes abhorrent, contemplates …
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