In 1957, together with Sergio Citti, Pasolini collaborated on Federico Fellini's film "Le notti di Cabiria", writing dialogue for the Roman dialect parts. Fellini also asked him to work on dialogue for some episodes of "La dolce vita". Pasolini made his debut as an actor in "Il gobbo" in 1960, and co-wrote "Long Night in 1943". Along with "Ragazzi di vita", he had his celebrated poem "Le ceneri di Gramsci" published, where Pasolini voiced tormented tensions between reason and heart, as well as the existing ideological dialectics within communism, a debate over artistic freedom, socialist realism and commitment.