Movie
Mamma Roma
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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Where to watch in United States
Checked Sep 2, 2026
Mamma Roma is available to stream on Kanopy and The Criterion Channel in United States. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
Synopsis
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.
More about Mamma Roma
Cast
Anna MagnaniMamma Roma
Ettore GarofoloEttore
Franco CittiCarmine
Silvana CorsiniBruna
Paolo VolponiPriestCredits
- Directed by
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Written by
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
Production
- Arco FilmItaly
