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18 January 1995 (USA) morePlot:
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... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Unforgettable Pasolini moreCast
(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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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
106 min | USA:110 min | Argentina:110 min | UK:95 min (original version)Country:
ItalyLanguage:
ItalianColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound 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)Filming Locations:
Rome, Lazio, ItalyFun Stuff
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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. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in Come si fa a non amare Pier Paolo Pasolini - Appunti per un film sull'immondezza (2005) moreSoundtrack:
Concerto in D Minor moreFAQ
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Strong and tragic movie with an amazing Anna Magnani as the broken-down woman who fight for a dignified life in the slum of Rome. Uncompromising social realism and no one could like Pasolini use music as a consequent commentary to the themes in the film. In his movies the music is not isolated to the specific scene, but always to the film as a hole. He does this in a way so that the viewer is being compelled into the movie and becomes an "active" participant in the action. It is characteristic for Italian movies in general, but Pasolini achieved this in the most painfully and hypnotic way. Maybe with a tendency towards the rhetorical but that does not weaken the film. It is a masterpiece!