Mamma Roma
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini7.795%90%7.9
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she can have a respectable middle-class life and reestablish contact with the 16-year-old son she abandoned when he was an infant. But her former pimp threatens to expose her sordid past, and her troubled son seems destined to fall into a life of crime and violence.
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- Antonio Ca' ZorziJanuary 7, 2026A masterpiece in the history of cinema, still lightly wrapped in neorealist expression yet already leaning toward the symbolism that would become a hallmark of Pasolini’s films. Structured almost like a classical tragedy, the story offers a powerful critique of modern society and its myths of social mobility. The camera gains a freedom of movement and expression that breaks with traditional filmmaking canons, capturing the raw, brutal reality of marginal lives in post-war Italy at the height of its economic boom. Not to be missed.
Mamma Roma Trivia
Mamma Roma was released on September 22, 1962.
Mamma Roma was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Mamma Roma has a runtime of 1h 50m.
Mamma Roma was produced by Alfredo Bini.
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she can have a respectable middle-class life and reestablish contact with the 16-year-old son she abandoned when he was an infant. But her former pimp threatens to expose her sordid past, and her troubled son seems destined to fall into a life of crime and violence.
The key characters in Mamma Roma are Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani), Ettore (Ettore Garofolo), Carmine (Franco Citti).
Mamma Roma is rated Not Rated.
Mamma Roma is a Drama film.
Mamma Roma has an audience rating of 9 out of 10.
Mamma Roma has made $23,784 at the box office.