Mia Madre Page #6

Synopsis: These are hard days for Margherita, who is going through a very difficult period in her life. On a professional level first, the middle-aged film director, has started wondering whether the committed movies she has been making are really an actual reflection of the world she lives in ; on top of this, she is in conflict not only with her crew but also, and primarily, with Barry Huggins, a well-known American actor of Italian origin, who proves awfully bad and uncontrollable. On the personal level, things do not get any better - it could even be said they are worse. Margherita has just left her life partner and she has become unable to relate to her teenage daughter. As for her mother, she is now seriously ill and her doctor tries to prepare her brother and her for the worst. Which is unacceptable to the weakened woman who can find salvation only in denial of reality. Will she manage to face up to the facts and to come to terms with herself?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Nanni Moretti
  11 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
70
R
Year:
2015
106 min
141 Views


Someone's coming up

to say hello to Mom.

I didn't tell him,

his name's Massimo De Vito.

Yes, he's a former student of hers.

I'll talk t0 him.

I'd stop for coffee

every time I came through Rome.

I haven't come in a while,

I didn't know she was ill.

Yes, in recent months.

Ada was a reference for me,

we talked about everything,

work, children, politics.

She was always like that,

ready to listen, curious,

asking questions on everything.

She made you feel important.

And you were important to her!

On a typical school outing to Cuma,

we stopped at a cafe

that had a jukebox.

We all let loose,

and your mother too,

she started dancing easily

among her class.

Don't be jealous, Margherita,

but for many of us Ada

was, and still is, a mom.

She taught us life,

even more than other subjects

and she's stayed inside us...

Mom?

Yes?

What are you thinking about?

Tomorrow.

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Nanni Moretti

Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. more…

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