Mamma Roma, a middle-aged woman who spent years as a prostitute in her Italian village, has saved enough money to buy a fruit stand and reestablish contact with her 16-year-old son, whom she abandoned when he was an infant. Her old pimp, on the other hand, threatens to reveal her shady background, and her unstable son appears headed for a life of crime and bloodshed.
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Mamma Roma, a middle-aged woman who spent years as a prostitute in her Italian village, has saved enough money to buy a fruit stand and reestablish contact with her 16-year-old son, whom she abandoned when he was an infant. Her old pimp, on the other hand, threatens to reveal her shady background, and her unstable son appears headed for a life of crime and bloodshed.
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