Marcello Morante

The birth, life, teachings, and death on the cross of Jesus Christ presented almost as a cinema-verité documentary. Pasolini's second feature is an attempt to take Christ out of the opulent church and present him as an outcast Italian peasant.

Accattone: A graphic slice of Italian street life, this documentary-styled drama recounts a pimp's efforts to leave his past life behind him when he falls in love with a young woman. Mamma Roma: Having renounced her ignominious past, a former streetwalker reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme endangers her aspirations for a decent bourgeois life. Love meetings: Director Pasolini traverses Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing...