Mamma Roma

Abstract/Sommario: Pier Paolo Pasolini's masterpiece stars Anna Magnani (Rome Open City) as the fiery Mamma Roma, a prostitute who attempts to better her life for the sake of her son, Ettore. But her efforts may be too late: Ettore is drawn to life on the street, and falls, ironically, for a younger prostitute. Anna Magnani shows why Roberto Rossellini and Jean Renoir considered her the best actress they had worked with in a passionate, tour-de-force performance as Pasolini's Mamma Roma.