TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pier Paolo Pasolini
AU  - Pier Paolo Pasolini
AU  - Anna Magnani
AU  - Ettore Garofolo
AU  - Franco Citti
TI  - Mamma Roma
AV  - PN1997 .M366 1962
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Italy
PB  - Arco Film, The Criterion Collection
N1  - Special features on Disc 2:
Interviews with Bernardo Bertolucci, Tonino Delli Colli, and Enzo Siciliano.
Documentary: "Pier Paolo Pasolini" (58', 1995) 
Short film: "La ricotta" (35', 1963)
N2  - From case cover:
Anna Magnani is Mamma Roma, a middle-aged prostitute who attempts to extricate herself from her sordid past for the sake of her son. Filmed in the great tradition of Italian neorealism, "Mamma Roma" offers an unflinching look at the struggle for survival in postwar Italy, and highlights director Pier Paolo Pasolini's lifelong fascination with the marginalized and dispossessed. Though banned upon its release for obscenity, today "Mamma Roma" remains a classic, featuring a powerhouse performance by one of cinema's greatest actresses and offering a glimpse at a country's most controversial director in the process of finding his style.

From IMDb:
After many years working in the streets of Roma, the middle-age whore Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) saves money to buy an upper class apartment, a fruit stand and retires from the prostitution. She brings her teenage son Ettore (Ettore Garofolo), who was raised alone in the country, to live with her, and Ettore becomes her pride and joy. However, the boy that does not want to study or work, joins to idle friends, has a crush on a bitch, and Mamma Roma uses her best but limited efforts to straight Ettore and make him an honest man. However, her past haunts her with tragic consequences
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