Italy / Aug 31, 1962 / Venice Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Vittorio La Paglia | Il Signor Pellissier |
| Piero Morgia | Piero |
| Franco Ceccarelli | Carletto |
| Marcello Sorrentino | Tonino |
| Sandro Meschino | Pasquale |
| Franco Tovo | Augusto |
| Pasquale Ferrarese | Lino |
| Leandro Santarelli | Begalo |
| Emanuele Di Bari | Gennarino il Trovatore |
| Antonio Spoletini | Un Pompieretto |
| Nino Bionci | Un Pittoretto |
| Nino Venzi | A Client |
| Maria Bernardini | The Bride |
| Santino Citti | Bride's Father |
| Renato Montalbano | Nurse |
| Lamberto Maggiorani | Sick Man |
| Renato Capogna | Pimp (uncredited) |
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| Mario Cipriani | Thug (uncredited) |
| Renato Troiani | Pimp (uncredited) |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mamma Roma |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Arco Film |
| Release date | 22 settembre 1962 |
| Production | Alfredo Bini |
| Writer | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Editing | Nino Baragli, Andreina Casini |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli, Gioacchino Sofia, Franco Delli Colli, Angelo Novi |
| Assistant directors | Carlo Di Carlo, Lina D'Amico, Mirella Gamacchio, Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Camera operators | Franco Delli Colli, Gioacchino Sofia, Tonino Delli Colli, Angelo Novi |
| Additional photography | Gioacchino Sofia, Franco Delli Colli, Tonino Delli Colli, Angelo Novi |
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| Production design | Flavio Mogherini, Massimo Tavazzi |
| Art direction | Massimo Tavazzi, Flavio Mogherini |
| Set decoration | Massimo Tavazzi, Flavio Mogherini |
| Music | Carlo Rustichelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Renato Cadueri, Leopoldo Rosi |
| Sound | Renato Cadueri, Leopoldo Rosi, Carlo Rustichelli, Antonio Vivaldi |
| Costume design | Amalia Paoletti, Marcello Ceccarelli |
| Makeup | Marcello Ceccarelli, Amalia Paoletti |
| Hairstyling | Amalia Paoletti, Marcello Ceccarelli |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Italy / Sep 22, 1962 / 14+
United States / Jan 18, 1965
Hungary / Aug 19, 1965 / 16
Poland / Oct 13, 1974 / 16
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France / Jan 07, 1976 / TP
South Korea / Aug 20, 2025 / 15
Physical media
France / Dec 01, 1999 / DVD
Greece / Jan 20, 2003 / K15 / DVD
Netherlands / Oct 14, 2008 / 6 / DVD
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