The Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava, in partnership with the Centro Cinema of Cesena and the Kino Lumière of Bratislava, organized an exhibition displaying the photos of the set of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film ‘’Mamma Roma’’, filmed in 1962 and starring Anna Magnani.
The film is the crux of the “Roman Trilogy” (Accattone, Mamma Roma, La ricotta) that arose from Pasolini’s love of “the last” and from the care with which he attempted to give voice to the suburbs of a city and of a country that were quickly changing face. Rome’s working-class suburbs – from Casal Bertone to Quadraro, and to Parco degli Acquedotti – thus become the focus of Italian cinema. To star in ‘’Mamma Roma’’, Pasolini chose Anna Magnani, the historical face of Italian cinema. She plays a prostitute with a big mother’s heart who tries to redeem herself in order to give a future to her son Ettore, but she won’t succeed. The photos of the set were taken by Divo Cavicchioli and Angelo Novi, who collaborated with Pasolini in the backstage of several films. The exhibition, organized to mark the 100th anniversary of Pasolini’s birth and the 60th anniversary of the film’s release, is accompanied by the screening ‘’Mamma Roma’’, ‘’Accattone’’, ‘’The Gospel According to St. Matthew’’ and “Teorema’’ (“Theorem”).