CITY CENTRE Mamma Roma (1962) PIGNETO 13 Ponte Testaccio 17 Via Appia Antica Pasolini and the street art between In the night scenery of Piazza dei Mercanti, Pasolini looked for authenticity of the city in Today a lively, young and multi-ethnic neighborhood, As Accattone (Franco Citti) runs away on a Accattone (1961) Sora Roma (Anna Magnani), accompanied by Pigneto and Tor Pignattara sub-urban areas, but his extensive filmography Pigneto was a proletarian area of the roman suburbs stolen motorcycle, chased by the police along Biancofiore (Luisa Loiano), is moved when she Stella, forced to prostitute herself, rejects her first Omaggio a Pasolini by Mr Klevra, 2014 – via also includes iconic locations of Rome such as during the 60s. The proletarian environment Lungotevere, he tragically dies saying the fatal sees her son Ettore (Ettore Garofolo) working as client. Accattone, regretful, gives her confort in the Fanfulla da Lodi 56 the Colosseum, Lungotevere, other than the attracted many masters of the Italian neorealism words “Mo` sto bene!” - “I’m fine, now”. a waiter in a restaurant. The actor was noticed by dark scenery among the ancient monuments. working-class districts Monti and Trastevere. and here Pasolini decided to set most of the The face of a young woman, which represents Pasolini right in a restaurant and recruited for the scenes of Accattone, a bond that still today is Maria in the movie Il Vangelo secondo Matteo film due to his features that perfectly matched celebrated by several street art works dedicated is played by a very young actress Margherita with the subproletariat in Rome at that time. QUADRARO 18 Cinecittà Studios 1 Colosseo to the artist, displayed by the streets of Pigneto. Caruso. Medea (1969) La Terra vista dalla Luna. Episode of the movie AND CINECITTÀ L’occhio è l’unico che può accorgersi della Le streghe (1967) 5 In the 60s, Quadraro district, located between via The unforgettable opera singer Maria Callas Porta Portese 9 bellezza by Mauro Pallotta aka Maupal, 2014 Via Fanfulla da Lodi Appia Nuova and via Tuscolana, was a working- tests herself in a first and only cinematographic Because of his greed, Ciancicato Miao (Totò), Mamma Roma (1962) – via Fanfulla da Lodi 41 Accattone (1961) class area inhabited by displaced and poor people. performance playing the part of Giasone’s bride. in agreement with his son (Ninetto Davoli), In the picturesque Porta Portese market Ettore In the same period a building speculation took Some indoor scenes were shot at the Cinecittà The title is based on Pasolini’s sentence and persuades the new bride Assurdina (Silvana Accattone (Franco Citti) and his friends spend (Ettore Garofolo) is selling some objects stolen place near-by and new big districts like Cinecittà Studios. represents a big eye that overlooks the Pigneto Mangano) to simulate a suicide attempt. The joke their days hanging around, sitting at the tables to his mother, to make some money. On and Don Bosco were built further south-east. district. ends tragically with the death of Assurdina, who of the bar Necci (which was actually rebuilt in Salò o Le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975) background, the facade of San Michele a Ripa slips off a banana peel, and falls down from one an old shop no too far away from the bar), in Grande, housing the juvenile detention center. Pasolini shot some of the violent scenes of the Io so i nomi by Omino 71, 2014 – via Fanfulla of the arches of the Colosseum. what Pasolini himself defined “a poor, humble 14 movie representing the aggression of power da Lodi 49 unknown and deserted narrow street in a Rome Largo Spartaco on bodies and on people’s consciousness, in that wasn’t Rome”. Mamma Roma (1962) Pasolini’s face is represented with a super- 6 Cinecittà’s studio 15. 2 Ponte Sant’Angelo hero mask, which symbolizes his bravery and Via Nazionale Sora Roma (Anna Magnani) moves to the modern Accattone (1961) courage. The title of this work is based on a La sequenza del fiore di carta. buildings of Ina-Casa, located in Quadraro district 10 famous article published on the daily newspaper Episode of the film Amore e rabbia (1969) The monumental bridge on Tevere acts as Via Ettore Giovenale to change her life. She leaves behind her life as a “Corriere della sera” in 1974. background to Accattone’s (Franco Citti) euphoria Accattone (1961) prostitute so that she can give her son a better life. ROMA’S COAST The young Riccetto (Ninetto Davoli) sets off from after a binge on the boat “Dar Ciriola”, by Saint They both walk around the so called “Boomerang”, Piazza della Repubblica for a carefree walk through This is the street where the house of Accattone 19 Hostia by Nicola Verlato, 2015 – via Galeazzo Angel Castle. The protagonist dives for a bet. which symbolised the new residential building in Ostia the busy streets of the old town of Rome and (Franco Citti) is located. A humble shack typical of Alessi 215 that period. Sora Roma and Ettore move around Comizi d’amore (1964) cheerfully walks along Via Nazionale, dancing and the working-class suburbs of the time. the streets on a motorcycle. It symbolically represents Pasolini’s death, chatting with passers-by. Pasolini interviews the bathers on the beach of 7 brutally murdered in Ostia in 1975. This graffiti was Ponte Mazzini the roman coast, in order to investigate the value renamed “The Sistine Chapel of Tor Pignattara” Accattone (1961) 11 Nuovo Cinema Aquila of sexuality in the society of that time. 3 15 Via Lucio Sestio because of its massive dimension, its perspective Via Baccina The unquiet protagonist attempts suicide by This cinema, which not only broadcasts popular illusion and the precision of the details. Mamma Roma (1962) Accattone (1961) jumping off this bridge, after trying to induce movies but also experimental films and various 20 Stella (Franca Pasut) to prostitute herself. festivals, dedicated one of its halls to Pier Paolo This is the place where Sora Roma opens a fruit Parco Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ritratto di Pierpaolo Pasolini by David Diavù At that time Rione Monti was a working-class Pasolini, where various projections and debates and vegetable stand, a new job that allows her to Via dell’Idroscalo, Ostia Vecchiato - ex Cinema Impero, district and was surrounded by wonderful about art movies take place. www.cinemaaquila.it escape from the plight of prostitution and to offer via dell’Acqua Bullicante 122 monumental areas. It was the set for the scene His name was given to the place where his body 8 a better future to her son. in which Vittorio Cataldi, nicknamed Accattone Cimitero Monumentale Verano was found and the area was turned into a park. This work was made for a project with the (Franco Citti), tried to redeem himself by looking Accattone (1961) Here is situated a memorial monument dedicated idea of restoring the former cinema Impero for an honest job at “Casa della serranda”, in via to Pier Paolo Pasolini, a work by Mario Rosati. and it is composed of four potraits, dedicated The kiosks of florists leaning against the mighty TESTACCIO 16 Baccina. The video camera overlooks the Arco de’ Parco dell’Appia Antica to: Pasolini, Monicelli, Anna Magnani and the walls of the Cemetery still dot its perimeter, just This vivid historic district rich of remains from Pantani, with a view on Roman Fora. La ricotta, episode of the movie Ro.Go.Pa.G. brothers Sergio and Franco Citti. like in the days when the protagonist was framed the ancient world, industrial and monumental (1963) 21 walking with his mischief fellows in Accattone. buildings as well as contemporary architecture, The Memory of Pier Paolo 4 was chosen as set of the last dramatic scenes of The open spaces of the park, with several frames Pasolini at Ostia Piazza Santa Cecilia the movie Accattone. on the ruins of the medieval Torre Valca (Caffarella Ostia remembers Pasolini with two more Accattone (1961) Park), are the background of the episode focused monuments: a stele in white marble by Gaetano on the Passion of Christ. Pasolini preferred the working-class districts like 12 Gizzi in Piazza Gasparri and a stele in light red Trastevere, also when shooting scenes in the old Via Giovan Battista Bodoni marble in Piazza Anco Marzio created by Pietro town of Rome. In via San Michele, with a view on and Via Beniamino Franklin Consagra for the twentieth anniversary of the Piazza di Santa Cecilia and on the portal of the killing of the artist. Accattone (Franco Citti), Balilla (Mario Cipriani) church the protagonist and his friends attempt a and Cartagine (Roberto Scaringella) arrange a heist but fail. robbery of cured meat while the camera gives a glimpse of the iconic view “Monte de Cocci”. ier Paolo Pasolini was born in Bologna in 1922. During his childhood he moved to different places due to his father’s job. In 1950 he settled in Rome, which would become his adopted city, initially living in Ponte Milvio district. In 1954 he moved to Monteverde district, first living in via Fonteiana, 8 and then in via Carini, 45, where he met Bertolucci family. From 1963 until his death PASOLINI’S Pasolini lived in Eur district, in via Eufrare, 9. Eclectic and versatile, he embodied the suffered Ppolitical and cultural changes of the 20th century and became one of its most complete and productive artists. He was interested in any kind of art, relentless in experimenting technics and languages, he was poet, writer, journalist, director, scriptwriter, translator and playwright. Admired and rewarded several times, Pasolini was bitterly criticized and subjected to trials for his LOCATIONS unconventional ideas and critics against the middle-class and the class system.