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Mamma Roma

  • 19621962
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  • 1h 50m
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7.8/10
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Anna Magnani in Mamma Roma (1962)
Drama
Having renounced her ignominious past, a former streetwalker reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme endangers her aspirations for a decent bourgeois life. Can she protect him from th... Read allHaving renounced her ignominious past, a former streetwalker reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme endangers her aspirations for a decent bourgeois life. Can she protect him from the same snares that wounded her youth?Having renounced her ignominious past, a former streetwalker reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme endangers her aspirations for a decent bourgeois life. Can she protect him from the same snares that wounded her youth?
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
9.8K
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    • Pier Paolo Pasolini
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Stars
    • Anna Magnani
    • Ettore Garofolo
    • Franco Citti
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Stars
    • Anna Magnani
    • Ettore Garofolo
    • Franco Citti
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    • 41User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
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    Ettore Garofolo and Anna Magnani in Mamma Roma (1962)
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    Ettore Garofolo and Anna Magnani in Mamma Roma (1962)
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    Ettore Garofolo in Mamma Roma (1962)
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    Anna Magnani in Mamma Roma (1962)
    Ettore Garofolo in Mamma Roma (1962)
    Ettore Garofolo in Mamma Roma (1962)

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    Anna Magnani
    Anna Magnani
    • Mamma Roma
    Ettore Garofolo
    Ettore Garofolo
    • Ettore
    Franco Citti
    Franco Citti
    • Carmine
    Silvana Corsini
    Silvana Corsini
    • Bruna
    Luisa Loiano
    • Biancofiore
    Paolo Volponi
    Paolo Volponi
    • Il Prete (Priest)
    Luciano Gonini
    Luciano Gonini
    • Zacaria
    Vittorio La Paglia
    Vittorio La Paglia
    • Il sig. Pellissier
    Piero Morgia
    Piero Morgia
    • Piero
    Franco Ceccarelli
    • Carletto
    Marcello Sorrentino
    • Tonino
    Sandro Meschino
    • Pasquale
    Franco Tovo
    • Augusto
    Pasquale Ferrarese
    • Lino
    Leandro Santarelli
    • Begalo
    Emanuele Di Bari
    • Gennarino il trovatore
    Antonio Spoletini
    • Un pompieretto
    Nino Bionci
    • Un pittoretto
      • Pier Paolo Pasolini
      • Pier Paolo Pasolini
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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.
    • Goofs
      In the opening titles, the music that is playing over the titles is noted as "Concerto in Do maggiore di Vivaldi," which translates in English as "Concerto in C major by Vivaldi." The music actually playing is the Largo (slow) movement from Vivaldi's Concerto in D minor (catalog number RV 540)
    • Quotes

      Mamma Roma: He was 65 and I was 14. I got married in a young fascist girl's uniform!

      [laughs]

    • Connections
      Featured in Cinema forever - Capolavori salvati (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      Concerto in D Minor
      Written by Antonio Vivaldi

    User reviews41

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    8/10
    Impressive, Cruel, Touching, Riveting Realistic Drama
    After many years working in the streets of Roma, the middle-age whore Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) saves money to buy an upper class apartment, a fruit stand and retires from the prostitution. She brings her teenage son Ettore (Ettore Garofolo), who was raised alone in the country, to live with her, and Ettore becomes her pride and joy. However, the boy that does not want to study or work, joins to idle friends, has a crush on a bitch, and Mamma Roma uses her best but limited efforts to straight Ettore and make him an honest man. However, her past haunts her with tragic consequences.

    "Mamma Roma", the second movie of Pier Paolo Pasolini, is an impressive, cruel, touching, riveting realistic drama. Anna Magnani has an awesome performance in the role of a limited mother trying to live an honest life and give the best for her son. Franco Citti has a short, but also fantastic acting in the role of a nasty pimp. In times when Hollywoodian fairytale world prevails in most worldwide movie theaters and rentals, it is good to revisit the real world in this unforgettable gem. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "Mamma Roma"
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    • claudio_carvalho
    • Mar 1, 2006

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    • Release date
      • January 18, 1965 (United States)
      • Italy
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production company
      • Arco Film
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Black and White

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