Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
A longtime prostitute attempting a second go at life reunites with her teenage son who has been raised in the country. Her hopes fade when, upon learning of her past, the disillusioned son drifts to a life of petty theft, whereupon his mother’s former pimp reappears, demanding she return to her old life. Filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini’s compassionate tale posits an Italian society mired in intractable social breakdown.
Producer: Alfredo Bini. Screenwriter: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli. Editor: Nino Baragli. Cast: Anna Magnani, Franco Citti, Ettore Garofolo, Silvana Corsini, Luisa Loiano.
35mm, b/w, in Italian with English subtitles, 111 min.
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