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Mamma Roma
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
1962•1h 46m•NR•★ 7.8
Drama
Synopsis
A middle-aged streetwalker abandons prostitution after her pimp marries, buying a produce cart in a respectable Rome neighborhood and bringing her sheltered 16-year-old son from the countryside to build an honorable bourgeois life, only for her past to catch up with tragic finality. Pier Paolo Pasolini's raw humanist triumph starring Anna Magnani in a titanic performance.
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DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
WriterPier Paolo Pasolini
CinematographyTonino Delli Colli
MusicAntonio VivaldiCarlo Rustichelli
Principal Cast
Anna MagnaniMamma Roma
Ettore GarofoloEttore
Franco CittiCarmine
Silvana CorsiniBruna
Paolo VolponiPriest
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Luisa LoianoBiancofioreLG
Luciano GoniniZacariaVL
Vittorio La PagliaIl Signor PellissierTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 46m (106 mins)
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DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
LanguagesItalian
CountryIT
StudioArco Film
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