Franco Citti

Franco Citti

Born: April 23, 1935
Died: January 14, 2016
in Roma, Lazio, Italia
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Franco Citti (born 23 April 1935 in Rome) is an Italian actor. He came to fame at the age of 26, playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Accattone. In 1967 he appeared in the title role in Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex.

He is perhaps best-known to non-Italian audienes as Calo in The Godfather I and III and uttering the line 'In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns'.

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Il prossimo tuo
Title: Il prossimo tuo
Released: June 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for different reasons, are afraid of others – the eponymous "thy neighbor." A humanity full of differences, but at the same time, with very similar feelings. So similar that their stories appear almost parallel and complementary.
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La Rabbia di Pasolini
Title: La Rabbia di Pasolini
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 5, 2008
Type: Movie
An attempt to reconstruct the complete version of Pier Paolo Pasolini's segment of La rabbia.
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Così venne ucciso Pasolini
Title: Così venne ucciso Pasolini
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Sergio Citti talks about a video he shot in 1975 after Pier Paolo Pasolini's death.
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Il Sindaco
Title: Il Sindaco
Character: Arturo Santaniello
Released: January 10, 1997
Type: Movie
The Mayor (Italian: Il sindaco) is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ugo Fabrizio Giordani. It is based on the Eduardo De Filippo's play Il sindaco del Rione Sanità.[1][2]
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Cartoni animati
Title: Cartoni animati
Character: Peppe
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
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We Free Kings
Title: We Free Kings
Character: Attore
Released: December 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Three tumblers wander throughout Italy with their show. A priest asks them to perform the Three Kings in a Nativity play, in a village where there are no children. That night a comet runs across the sky, so the three decide to follow it to search for the new Messiah.
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Power and Lovers
Title: Power and Lovers
Character: Michele
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Two brothers start to bicker and battle when Nick, an aggressive businessman, finds himself thwarted by a group of scientists, headed by his brother Tony. Seems the scientists stand in the way of big profits for Nick. It's a dramatic duel between two opposite siblings who have more in common than they think -- including the sexy, strong women in their lives.
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The Godfather Part III
Title: The Godfather Part III
Character: Calo
Released: December 25, 1990
Type: Movie
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
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Scandal in Black
Title: Scandal in Black
Character: Projectionist
Released: December 21, 1990
Type: Movie
Gianni is a political man with a good career waiting for him. Angela is his wife and she fakes an assault and a rape in a cinema. Eva is Gianni's lover and Angela's friend. Gianni and Eva decide to use the pretext of the assault to kill Angela. Later on Angela is blackmailed by a man who was present at her act. In the background there are Rosy, her maid always present, and a puzzling man who appears and disappears and makes strange phone calls.
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The Secret
Title: The Secret
Character: Franco
Released: February 16, 1990
Type: Movie
Lucia (Natassja Kinski) is a volatile, exciteable young woman. She forms a romance with Carlo (Stefano Dionisi), who is somewhat callow and is very skittish. Their romance is not an easy one, but they are assisted in coping with its ups and downs by their mutual friendship with Franco (Franco Citti), an older, wiser and more stable man.
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Title: I promessi sposi
Character: Grignapoco
Released: November 12, 1989
Type: TV
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Rosso di sera
Title: Rosso di sera
Character: Capace
Released: January 24, 1989
Type: Movie
Alex is separated and has a young daughter, Elo. After a youth studded with failures at university and in political commitment, he leads a mediocre existence alongside Margit, his new partner, and his friends Pais and Capace. Margit invites Alex to Giangi's birthday party who, in the 70s, was involved in the death of his brother during a student demonstration. Alex discovers that Giangi is having a clandestine relationship with Margit.
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The Malady of Love
Title: The Malady of Love
Character: Cigal
Released: December 3, 1986
Type: Movie
Physician Robert Briand (Robin Renucci) runs a leper colony in the 15th century that takes in new residents who suffer from the ravages of syphilis. When the beautiful Marie-Blanche (Isabelle Pasco) is brought to the grim, prison-like facility, Robert finds she displays no apparent signs of disease. He risks everything when he falls in love with the woman and makes plans to run away with her. Erland Josephson plays Robert's father, with Piera Degli Esposti as Robert's faithful assistant Terese.
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The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Title: The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Character: Le préfet
Released: February 12, 1984
Type: Movie
Sebastian, Chief Archer in the Roman Army, converts to Christianity. A favorite of Emperor Augustus, Sebastian's devotion to Christ eventually drives him to reject the Emperor's love, causing the Emperor to angrily order Sebastian to be shot with arrows by his fellow archers. The film retells this mystery play with a definite 'art-house' approach: an almost poetical use of language, singing, dancing, some homoerotic themes, and some special effects.
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The Black Stallion Returns
Title: The Black Stallion Returns
Character: Foreign Legion Officer
Released: March 25, 1983
Type: Movie
"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay, he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odds to reclaim his beloved horse.
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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
Title: The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
Character: Calò
Released: March 24, 1981
Type: Movie
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television," released to video in 1981. Unlike the miniseries, which was presented in four segments (each with opening and closing credits), the Epic is presented as a single segment. In January 2016, HBO aired the Epic in its uncut and uncensored format, later making it available on its streaming platforms. The HBO showing contained most of the known deleted scenes, thereby lengthening the runtime of the Epic from its video release to 423 minutes.
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The Soup
Title: The Soup
Character: Francesco
Released: February 20, 1981
Type: Movie
Rome, 1960. Four different people meet each other at the Olympics. They follow the games and become friends, talking about their sad lifes.
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Fatal Fix
Title: Fatal Fix
Character: Alfredo
Released: March 14, 1980
Type: Movie
A microcosm of people lost in search of an artificial happiness, which leads them to steal and prostitute themselves for the short ecstasy of a squirt of heroin in the veins. Marco and Pina live in this world of drugs, prostitution and violence, and they must fight for their survival. One day one of their friend dies during a holdup. Marco and Pina are helpless and will do anything to escape, but fate does not want a similar world. Between bites of heroin and sidewalk they are in a deadly trance.
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Ciao marziano
Title: Ciao marziano
Character: Er Cinese
Released: February 28, 1980
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of the distant planet Gemini send to Rome the extraterrestrial Bix. His task is to transport twelve Earths to the planet so that we can find out if they are suitable for living there. Bix, who's distinguishable from humans only because he has a green face, also has supernatural powers that allow him to repair damages. On the eve of the departure for Gemini, a trap is set for him...
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Luna
Title: Luna
Character: Man in Bar
Released: August 29, 1979
Type: Movie
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
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L'albero della maldicenza
Title: L'albero della maldicenza
Released: December 16, 1978
Type: Movie
Five youngsters spend their time spreading rumours in a little village.
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Yerma
Title: Yerma
Character: Juan
Released: February 11, 1978
Type: Movie
Yerma wants a child but with her dispassionate husband has failed to conceive. On the other hand, Victor courts her but the sense of caste and honor prevent from surrendering to him.
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Title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Character: Calò
Released: November 12, 1977
Type: TV
An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage not seen in the first two films added.
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Beach House
Title: Beach House
Character: Nando
Released: October 27, 1977
Type: Movie
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, and engagemented couple wanting to have sex for the first time.
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Destruction Force
Title: Destruction Force
Character: Antonio Lanza
Released: October 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of killers. The action is violent as both police and criminals track down Belli who still finds some time to attempt a couple of robberies...
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Watch Me When I Kill
Title: Watch Me When I Kill
Character: Pasquale Ferrante
Released: August 6, 1977
Type: Movie
A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer.
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Puttana galera!
Title: Puttana galera!
Character: Ciro
Released: January 12, 1977
Type: Movie
The presence of mafia boss Vangelli's yacht in front of the island of Ventotene brings a group of prisoners of the penitentiary close.
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Rome, the Other Face of Violence
Title: Rome, the Other Face of Violence
Character: Berte
Released: July 27, 1976
Type: Movie
Four bandits commit a robbery in a villa. The maid calls the police and Commissioner Carli immediately orders patrols to chase them.
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One Way or Another
Title: One Way or Another
Character: Autista di M.
Released: April 30, 1976
Type: Movie
Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.
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Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Title: Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Character: Ruggero Rujinski
Released: March 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangerously.
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Colpita da improvviso benessere
Title: Colpita da improvviso benessere
Character: Luiso Malerba
Released: February 21, 1976
Type: Movie
Elisabetta is a fishmonger with petty-bourgeois aspirations who cohabits with Luiso Malerba, an anarchist.
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Chi dice donna, dice donna
Title: Chi dice donna, dice donna
Character: Benito
Released: February 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become prostitutes, a worker who improvises a sexy bomb and a priestess who gives herself as wife to an emigrant.
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Arabian Nights
Title: Arabian Nights
Character: The Demon
Released: June 20, 1974
Type: Movie
The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all, love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Mysterious and liberating, this is an exquisitely dreamlike and adult interpretation of the original folk tales.
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Macrò
Title: Macrò
Released: February 4, 1974
Type: Movie
The story is about a young hippy called Salvatore who sparks up a relationship with a high class prostitute, Maddalena. The two fall in love and try to start a new life together but things turn ugly when Maddalena is kidnapped by his old hippy pals and Maddalena's dangerous pimp...
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Bawdy Tales
Title: Bawdy Tales
Character: Mammone
Released: October 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Locked up in prison and awaiting execution, bored young vagabonds Bernardino and Mammone pass their time competing in a vulgar storytelling competition, relating indecent accounts about castration, unsavory testicles and an atypical threesome. Not intended for the faint of heart, this audacious piece of moviemaking focuses on tales of jealousy, murder and uncontrollable desires.
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Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
Title: Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
Character: Artemio
Released: May 10, 1973
Type: Movie
Rome, early 1900s. Gigi, a young populace, falls in love with the rich Mara and, to satisfy the woman's desires, begins to steal.
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Ingrid on the Road
Title: Ingrid on the Road
Character: Renato
Released: February 24, 1973
Type: Movie
After being raped by her father, Ingrid moves to Rome and ends up becoming a prostitute. She finds a friend in Claudia, but Claudia's protector is a sadistic thug by the name of Renato who will show her the worst of the what life in the city has to offer.
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The Canterbury Tales
Title: The Canterbury Tales
Character: Devil
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: Movie
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
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Roma
Title: Roma
Character: Man at Restaurant (uncredited)
Released: March 16, 1972
Type: Movie
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
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The Godfather
Title: The Godfather
Character: Calo - Sicilian Sequence
Released: March 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
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First Surrender
Title: First Surrender
Released: October 21, 1971
Type: Movie
Giallo about a man plotting to kill his wife for her money.
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The Decameron
Title: The Decameron
Character: Ciappelletto
Released: August 25, 1971
Type: Movie
A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.
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Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life
Title: Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.
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Una ragazza di Praga
Title: Una ragazza di Praga
Character: Alberto Marini
Released: April 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A woman from Czechoslovakia escapes her homeland after the occupation by the armies of Warsaw pact to Italy to tell the tale...
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Ostia
Title: Ostia
Character: Rabbino
Released: March 11, 1970
Type: Movie
Two anarchistic brothers live by petty thievery and try to recover from their Catholic upbringing. Bandiera and Rabbino were children when they pushed their drunk of a father out of a window for killing their pet sheep. When a girl is raped by her father, she is brought by young "rescuers" to the home of the two brothers who then watch their friends take advantage of her sexually. The brothers take her in, and the three live happy and celibate if not uneventful lives until the brother's are sent to jail for stealing.
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Pigsty
Title: Pigsty
Character: Secondo Cannibale
Released: September 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Two dramatic stories. In an undetermined past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father) is condemned to be torn to pieces by some wild beasts. In the second story, Julian, the young son of a post-war German industrialist, is on the way to lie down with his farm's pigs, because he doesn't like human relationships.
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Gangster's Law
Title: Gangster's Law
Character: Bruno Esposito
Released: August 8, 1969
Type: Movie
A con man pulls a double-cross on a gang of vicious bank robbers.
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Il Magnaccio
Title: Il Magnaccio
Released: April 11, 1969
Type: Movie
Italian 60's drama about a pimp called Il Principino and his violent and troubled relationship with a prostitute called Laura.
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The Angels from 2000
Title: The Angels from 2000
Character: Franco
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A drug dealer obsessed by the memory of a young woman whom he had fallen in love, is disgusted by his shameful profession. One day, as he walks through the streets of the city, he realizes that he is unable to escape.
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Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
Title: Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
Character: Hoagy
Released: December 31, 1968
Type: Movie
During the American Civil War, a Confederate prisoner, Clyde McKay, attempts to steal a box of gold from a Union prison camp. He is aided by a group of prisoners and a prison guard but he is double-crossed along the way.
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Black Jesus
Title: Black Jesus
Character: Oreste
Released: May 16, 1968
Type: Movie
A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along with a thief who comes to a greater understanding through his contact with Lalubi.
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Oedipus Rex
Title: Oedipus Rex
Character: Edipo
Released: September 7, 1967
Type: Movie
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, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
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Kill and Pray
Title: Kill and Pray
Character: Burt
Released: March 10, 1967
Type: Movie
A Mexican community is slaughtered by Confederate troops; the lone survivor, a boy, is taken in by a preacher. Years later, the boy is now a soft-spoken, devout young man with perfect shooting skills (despite being a pacifist). On his journey to help his half-sister out of a complicated situation, he crosses paths with the men who killed his family, unbeknownst to him.
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Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Title: Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Character: Renato
Released: February 15, 1963
Type: Movie
In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer sending himself telegrams, an alert paralytic woman, a thoughtful concierge, a bird breeder and a just‑out‑of‑jail hooligan. Little by little each one discovers each other’s more or less troubled history… when a mysterious death introduces the Police within this huis clos, hastens disclosure of well‑kept secrets and ruffle this little World.
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The Shortest Day
Title: The Shortest Day
Character: Fante Romano
Released: February 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
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Mamma Roma
Title: Mamma Roma
Character: Carmine
Released: September 22, 1962
Type: Movie
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she can have a respectable middle-class life and reestablish contact with the 16-year-old son she abandoned when he was an infant. But her former pimp threatens to expose her sordid past, and her troubled son seems destined to fall into a life of crime and violence.
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Violent Life
Title: Violent Life
Character: Tommaso
Released: March 29, 1962
Type: Movie
Tommaso Puzzilli is a boy who grew up in the suburb of Pietralata outside Rome. Not having a job, Tommaso and his friends are committing crimes to make money.
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Accattone
Title: Accattone
Character: Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
Released: September 25, 1961
Type: Movie
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.