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Accattone
Why this pick
Pasolini’s debut shares Mamma Roma’s raw Roman outskirts, unsparing compassion for people trapped by poverty, and a tragic, spiritually charged focus on a marginalised life.
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
An ex-prostitute, Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani), tries to start a new life selling vegetables with her 16-year-old son Ettore. When Ettore later finds out that she was a prostitute, he succumbs to his dark side and stops doing his duties. He later carries out a petty theft of a radio in a hospital and goes to prison. Meanwhile, Mamma Roma is struggling to raise her son the best way possible and build a new life for both.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Anna Magnani
Roma
Ettore Garofolo
Ettore
Silvana Corsini
Bruna
Franco Citti
Romolo
Piero Morgia
Piero
Paolo Volponi
Priest
Renato Montalbano
Nurse
Lamberto Maggiorani
Sick man