Mamma Roma
1962 · Movie · 110 min · ★ 7.9 · 89% critics
A woman in Rome tries to leave her past behind by starting a small business and rebuilding a relationship with the teenage son she once gave up. As she reaches for respectability, old ties threaten to drag her back, while her son struggles to find his place and is pulled toward trouble.
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Details
- Years
- 1962
- Release date
- 1962-09-22
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (439 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tough, compassionate drama about reinvention, family bonds, and street-level Rome, with echoes of Nights of Cabiria; Not for you if you need a light, uplifting story or fast pacing.
Pros: powerhouse lead performance; raw social realism; emotionally intense moments | Cons: bleak overall mood; sometimes melodramatic; uneven supporting acting
Themes
- friendship
- prostitute
- rome, italy
- parent child relationship
- pimp
- thief
- wedding
- church
- single mother
- lgbt
- iconography
- neorealism
Cast & crew
Anna Magnani
as Mamma Roma
Ettore Garofolo
as Ettore
Franco Citti
as Carmine
Silvana Corsini
as Bruna
- LL
Luisa Loiano
as Biancofiore
Paolo Volponi
as Priest
- LG
Luciano Gonini
as Zacaria
- VP
Vittorio La Paglia
as Il Signor Pellissier
Piero Morgia
as Piero
- FC
Franco Ceccarelli
as Carletto
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini