Mamma Roma

Pier Paolo Pasolini directs Anna Magnani and gets the best out of her, in this sweeping performance that carries a whole film on its shoulders. The life and dead-ends of people that live on the sidelines and dream of a better life, through the symbolic images of a truly radical director.

Synopsis

Mamma Roma gives up her profession as a prostitute and moves to a small-town neighborhood with her teenage son, who is unaware of her "sinful" past. But when he learns about it, he is emotionally hurt and as a reaction he lets himself be drawn into illegality.