MAMMA ROMA (1962)

Cast

Plot

Anna Magnani gives a captivating performance as a prostitute desperately trying to escape her pimp. When she escapes to Rome a new life begins, but for her teenage son things seem destined to go wrong. Pasolini combines formal audacity, unflinching candour and heart-breaking compassion to produce a work of shattering beauty, a stylish and passionate tale of a mother's love.