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Mamma Roma
Mamma Roma

Mamma Roma

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Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

7.87/10

Release Date

22 September 1962

Country

Italy

Cast

Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani

Mamma Roma

Ettore Garofolo

Ettore Garofolo

Ettore

Franco Citti

Franco Citti

Carmine

Silvana Corsini

Silvana Corsini

Bruna

Luisa Loiano

Luisa Loiano

Biancofiore

Paolo Volponi

Paolo Volponi

Priest

Luciano Gonini

Luciano Gonini

Zacaria

Vittorio La Paglia

Vittorio La Paglia

Il Signor Pellissier

Piero Morgia

Piero Morgia

Piero

Franco Ceccarelli

Franco Ceccarelli

Carletto

Marcello Sorrentino

Marcello Sorrentino

Tonino

Sandro Meschino

Sandro Meschino

Pasquale

Franco Tovo

Franco Tovo

Augusto

Pasquale Ferrarese

Pasquale Ferrarese

Lino

Leandro Santarelli

Leandro Santarelli

Begalo

Emanuele Di Bari

Emanuele Di Bari

Gennarino il Trovatore

Antonio Spoletini

Antonio Spoletini

Un Pompieretto

Nino Bionci

Nino Bionci

Un Pittoretto

Nino Venzi

Nino Venzi

A Client

Maria Bernardini

Maria Bernardini

The Bride

Santino Citti

Santino Citti

Bride's Father

Renato Montalbano

Renato Montalbano

Nurse

Lamberto Maggiorani

Lamberto Maggiorani

Sick Man

Renato Capogna

Renato Capogna

Pimp (uncredited)

Mario Cipriani

Mario Cipriani

Thug (uncredited)

Renato Troiani

Renato Troiani

Pimp (uncredited)

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