| Description |
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 236 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 236.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
In Italian with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini. |
| Credits |
Photography, Tonino Delli Colli; editor, Nino Baragli; music, Carlo Rustichelli. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A middle-aged prostitute attempts to extricate herself from her sordid past for the sake of her son. Mamma Roma offers an unflinching look at the struggle for survival in postwar Italy. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features. |
| Note |
Special features: Interviews with Bernardo Bertolucci, Tonino Delli Colli, and Enzo Siciliano ; original theatrical trailer ; poster gallery ; Pier Paolo Pasolini (58 min. ; 1995) / Ivo Barnabo Micheli ; La ricotta (35 min. ; 1963) / Pasolini ; a 32-page booklet featuring excerpted interviews with Pasolini on Mamma Roma and La ricotta, and essays by novelist and culture critic Gary Indiana and Pasolini biographer Enzo Siciliano. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Mothers and sons -- Italy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Prostitutes -- Italy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Italy -- Social conditions -- 1945-1976 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (ITALIAN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films Italy.
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Motion pictures, Italian.
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| Added Author |
Bini, Alfredo, 1926-2010.
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Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975.
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Magnani, Anna, 1908-1973.
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Garofolo, Ettore.
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Citti, Franco.
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Corsini, Silvana.
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Delli Colli, Tonino.
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Baragli, Nino.
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Rustichelli, Carlo.
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Micheli, Ivo Barnabo.
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Arco Film.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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Ricotta.
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| ISBN |
0780028007 |
| Standard No. |
037429187425 |
| Music No. |
MAM040 Criterion Collection |
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