A former streetwalker, Mamma Roma, leaves her past behind to start a new life in Rome and reunite with her 16-year-old son Ettore. She dreams of running a vegetable stall and living an honest life, but her plans are threatened by an extortion scheme and the risk of being exposed.
Mamma Roma
A former prostitute seeks a fresh start with her son, but a blackmail plot threatens to derail her dreams of a respectable middle-class life, forcing her to confront her troubled past and protect her child from falling into the same pitfalls.