Mamma Roma

Mamma Roma

110 mins | Drama | Sept. 22, 1962

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.

Mamma Roma

110 mins | Drama | Sept. 22, 1962

Mamma Roma
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Arco Film
Original title Mamma Roma
Directors Lina D'Amico, Mirella Gamacchio, Carlo Di Carlo, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writers Pier Paolo Pasolini

Cast

Anna Magnani

as Mamma Roma

Ettore Garofolo

as Ettore

Franco Citti

as Carmine

Silvana Corsini

as Bruna

Luisa Loiano

as Biancofiore

Paolo Volponi

as Priest

Luciano Gonini

as Zacaria

Vittorio La Paglia

as Il Signor Pellissier

Piero Morgia

as Piero

Franco Ceccarelli

as Carletto

Sandro Meschino

as Pasquale

Franco Tovo

as Augusto

Leandro Santarelli

as Begalo

Emanuele Di Bari

as Gennarino il Trovatore

Antonio Spoletini

as Un Pompieretto

Nino Bionci

as Un Pittoretto

Nino Venzi

as A Client

Maria Bernardini

as The Bride

Santino Citti

as Bride's Father

Lamberto Maggiorani

as Sick Man

Renato Capogna

as Pimp (uncredited)

Mario Cipriani

as Thug (uncredited)

Renato Troiani

as Pimp (uncredited)