Mamma Roma
Pier Paolo Pasolini / IT, 1962 / 107 min.
Pasolini's sublime portrayal of workaday Rome, with Anna Magnani in the lead. For Pasolini, Magnani acts as the embodiment of his city in the role of prostitute Mamma Roma, a survivor against all odds. Restored in 4K.
Pasolini’s second fiction feature closely follows the trail blazed by neorealist films such as Rossellini's Roma, città aperta (1945). But above all, Mamma Roma is a superb showcase for Magnani playing a prostitute who believes she can escape her red-light existence when her pimp, Carmine, gets married. She becomes a market vendor and also arranges a job for her uncommunicative seventeen-year-old son, Ettore. Her dream of a respectable life soon falls apart when the apple of her eye proves to be a headstrong teenager determined to associate with the wrong crowd.
This is part of
Details
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Production year
1962
Country
IT
Original title
Mamma Roma
Length
107 min.
Language
Italian
Subtitles
NLD or ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.
Planning on having a drink or a bite to eat? Book online for Eye Bar & Restaurant.
Share your love for film and become a member of the Eye Society.
Share your love for film and become a member of the Eye Society.
NLEN