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Mamma Roma

1962

110 minutes

Drama

Overview

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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Anna Magnani headshot

Anna Magnani

Mamma Roma

Ettore Garofolo headshot

Ettore Garofolo

Ettore

Franco Citti headshot

Franco Citti

Carmine

Silvana Corsini headshot

Silvana Corsini

Bruna

Luisa Loiano headshot

Luisa Loiano

Biancofiore

Paolo Volponi headshot

Paolo Volponi

Priest

Luciano Gonini headshot

Luciano Gonini

Zacaria

Vittorio La Paglia headshot

Vittorio La Paglia

Il Signor Pellissier

Piero Morgia headshot

Piero Morgia

Piero

Franco Ceccarelli headshot

Franco Ceccarelli

Carletto

Marcello Sorrentino headshot

Marcello Sorrentino

Tonino

Sandro Meschino headshot

Sandro Meschino

Pasquale

Franco Tovo headshot

Franco Tovo

Augusto

Pasquale Ferrarese headshot

Pasquale Ferrarese

Lino

Leandro Santarelli headshot

Leandro Santarelli

Begalo

Emanuele Di Bari headshot

Emanuele Di Bari

Gennarino il Trovatore

Antonio Spoletini headshot

Antonio Spoletini

Un Pompieretto

Nino Bionci headshot

Nino Bionci

Un Pittoretto

Nino Venzi headshot

Nino Venzi

A Client

Maria Bernardini headshot

Maria Bernardini

The Bride

Santino Citti headshot

Santino Citti

Bride's Father

Renato Montalbano headshot

Renato Montalbano

Nurse

Lamberto Maggiorani headshot

Lamberto Maggiorani

Sick Man

Renato Capogna headshot

Renato Capogna

Pimp (uncredited)

Mario Cipriani headshot

Mario Cipriani

Thug (uncredited)

Renato Troiani headshot

Renato Troiani

Pimp (uncredited)