An homage to Pasolini’s Mamma Roma, the voluptuous black-and-white Rosa Funzeca focuses on the struggles of a prostitute in Naples who tries to escape her old way of life and sort things out with her growing son. After twenty years on the streets, the still-attractive middle-aged woman decides to give up prostitution. She looks forward to being reunited with her teenage son Fernando, who was brought up by priests. She spends her savings on a house and opens a flower stall. But it soon becomes apparent that she cannot manage financially, and she is forced to take to the streets again. With great feeling for the local language and regional culture, Grimaldi has made a film about the sorrow and joy, hope and despair of everyday life.