Mamma Roma (1962)
1h 50m 6.4/10 IMDb
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.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini, Luisa Loiano
Content Warnings
Mental Health & Emotional
Death of a child Grief / bereavement (major focus) Suicide (discussed or ideation)
Other
Wrongful imprisonment
Sexual Content
Explicit sexual content / nudity Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations
Violence & Physical Harm
Self-harm / suicide (depicted)
Where to Watch
Streaming
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