Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director Pier Paolo Pasolini had distinguished himself as a novelist known for depictions of life among prostitutes and thieves, when his similarly themed first feature appeared. Concerning the ignominious misadventures of a pimp, bereft after his prostitute’s imprisonment, the film formally resembled neo-realist works of the time, except in its rapt focus on the underbelly of urban Italian life, rather than the promise of Italy’s postwar economic reforms.
Producer: Alfredo Bini. Screenwriter: Sergio Citti, P. Pasolini. Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli. Editor: Nino Baragli. Cast: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi, Adriana Asti.
35mm, b/w, in Italian with English subtitles, 117 min.
Watch the trailer below.
