Mamma Roma

1962 1h 50m IT

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7.9

BANGER

★7.9TMDB · 447

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Anna Magnani
Mamma Roma
Ettore Garofolo
Ettore
Franco Citti
Carmine
Silvana Corsini
Bruna
Luisa Loiano
Biancofiore
Paolo Volponi
Priest
Luciano Gonini
Zacaria
Vittorio La Paglia
Il Signor Pellissier

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writers: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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64 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, shot by Tonino Delli Colli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carlo Rustichelli. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nino Baragli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Anna Magnani and Ettore Garofolo and Franco Citti carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0056215 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Pier Paolo Pasolini directs. Tonino Delli Colli behind the camera. Carlo Rustichelli scores. Nino Baragli cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

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164 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, shot by Tonino Delli Colli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Carlo Rustichelli. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Nino Baragli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Anna Magnani and Ettore Garofolo and Franco Citti carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0056215 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 12 themes, including "friendship", "prostitute", "rome, italy", "parent child relationship".