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Mamma Roma is a 1962 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo and Franco Citti. [1] [2] Synopsis. After her pimp Carmine marries, prostitute Mamma Roma starts a new life as a marketer in Rome to enable her 16-year-old son Ettore a better life.
Mamma Roma: Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini. An ex-prostitute reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme threatens her aspirations for a decent life.
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- Drama
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- 1965-01-18
A classic neorealist drama about a prostitute who tries to reform her life for her son in postwar Italy. Starring Anna Magnani, the film was banned for obscenity but is now praised for its realism and Pasolini's style.
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Dec 16, 2015 · In Mamma Roma, Pasolini introduces a discourse on the archaic in the relationship between the main characters – Mamma Roma and her son Ettore – and the urban landscape with which they interact.
Sep 9, 2013 · Mamma Roma (1962) is Pasolini's second film and a key work in his neo-realist phase. It depicts the tragic fate of a former prostitute and her son in Rome, and reflects Pasolini's humanist, Catholic, Marxist and Freudian influences.
With a fervent yearning for respectability and enough money to buy herself a brand-new life in Rome, the uninhibited, fearless, determined former streetwalker Mamma Roma renounces her ignominious past to reunite with her loafing 16-year-old son Ettore.
In Pier Paolo Pasolini's beautiful drama, Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) is an ex-prostitute who tries to leave behind her past and make a life for her and her son but her evil pimp stands in her way. Dubbed obscene by contemporary critics, this breakthrough film for Pasolini was never seen in the United States until 33 years after its premiere.
