Mamma Roma
Mamma Roma is a 1962 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, and starring Anna Magnani and Ettore Garofolo.
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Directed by | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
Written by | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
Produced by | Alfredo Bini |
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Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
Edited by | Nino Baragli |
Production company | Arco Film |
Distributed by | Cineriz |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Synopsis
In Rome, an ex-prostitute, Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani), tries to start a new life selling vegetables with her 16-year-old son Ettore. When Ettore later finds out that she was a prostitute, he succumbs to his dark side and stops doing his duties. He later carries out a petty theft of a radio in a hospital and goes to prison. Meanwhile, until his incarceration, Mamma Roma struggles to raise her son the best way possible and build a new life for both.
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
Production
Shooting for Mamma Roma began on April 9, 1962. [1]
Controversy
On 13 August 1962, a complaint was filed, claiming Mamma Roma was "offensive to good morals" and "contrary to the common sense of morality because of obscene content, contrary to public decency". The complaint was thrown out by a magistrate five days later. [2]
At the film's premiere in the Quattro Fontane Cinema in Rome on 22 September 1962, Pasolini was attacked by protesting fascists.[2]
References
- Schwarz, Barth David (1992). Pasolini Requiem. New York: Pantheon Books. p. 394. ISBN 0-394-57744-2.
- Schwarz, p. 406.
External links
- Mamma Roma at IMDb
- Mamma Roma at AllMovie
- Mamma Roma at Rotten Tomatoes
- Pasolini, Mamma Roma, and La Ricotta an essay by Gary Indiana at the Criterion Collection