Mamma Roma (1962)

Director:

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Guionista:

Pier Paolo Pasolini (writer)

Release Date:

18 enero 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

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...

Plot Keywords:

Rome Italy | Hospital | Dead Boy | Iconography | Mother Son Relationship

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Impressive, Cruel, Touching, Riveting Realistic Drama

Cast

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

También conocida como:

Mamma Roma (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

106 min | USA:110 min | Argentina:110 min | UK:95 min (original version)

País:

Italy

Idioma:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Spain:7 | Italy:VM14 (cinema release) (1962) | Argentina:16 | UK:15 (video rating) (1997) | UK:X (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Arco Film

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mamma Roma takes off the veil from the bride and puts it on herself, the bride is shown still wearing the veil.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wie de Waarheid Zegt Moet Dood (1981)

Soundtrack:

Una vez me dormí

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"