Saturday, June 19, 2010

Mamma Roma

First shot from Dolce and Gabbana's Fall/Winter campaign - with a little of Pasolini and Magnani's Mamma Roma thrown in.

Pasolini's Mamma Roma is about a retired middle aged Italian whore, played by Anna Magnani, who has saved her money to buy an an upper-class apartment house and a fruit/vegetable stand. She wants to start a new life and bring up her teenage son, Ettore, with dignity and give him the things she did not have and worked so hard to get away from. When he learns of her past, it comes back to haunt her.