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Overview
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Writer:
Pier Paolo Pasolini (writer)
Release Date:
18 January 1995 (USA)
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Plot:
Mamma Roma is a middle-aged whore of Roma. Now she can quit her job to become a fruit seller. And she can take back her 16-year-old son...
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Awards:
1 nomination
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This is the italian cinema!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Anna Magnani | ... | Mamma Roma | |
| Ettore Garofolo | ... | Ettore | |
| Franco Citti | ... | Carmine | |
| Silvana Corsini | ... | Bruna | |
| Luisa Loiano | ... | Biancofiore | |
| Paolo Volponi | ... | Il Prete (Priest) | |
| Luciano Gonini | ... | Zacaria | |
| Vittorio La Paglia | ... | Il sig. Pellissier | |
| Piero Morgia | ... | Piero | |
| Lanfranco Ceccarelli | ... | Carletto (as Franco Ceccarelli) | |
| Marcello Sorrentino | ... | Tonino | |
| Sandro Meschino | ... | Pasquale | |
| Franco Tovo | ... | Augusto | |
| Pasquale Ferrarese | ... | Lino | |
| Leandro Santarelli | ... | Begalo |
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Runtime:
106 min | USA:110 min | Argentina:110 min | UK:95 min (original version)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Italy:VM14 (cinema release) (1962) |
Spain:7 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Netherlands:6 |
Australia:M |
Spain:T (DVD re-rating) |
Argentina:16 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1997) |
UK:X (original rating)
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Trivia:
At the films premiere in the Quattro Fontane Cinema (Rome, 22nd September 1962) Mr. Pier Paolo Pasolini was attacked by fascists' who protested against the film.
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Continuity: When Mamma Roma takes off the veil from the bride and puts it on herself, the bride is shown still wearing the veil.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Wie de Waarheid Zegt Moet Dood (1981)
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Soundtrack:
Una vez me dormí
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Wonderful performances, almost real. Beautiful black and white cinematography. It shows the real love of a mother, driving her to situations she doesn't want, to make her son happy. Melodramatic story that will make you weep. And will also make you watch every single italian film done in the 60's.