Mia Madre
Beautifully observed and delicately balanced...this is Moretti at his interpersonal best; intimate, empathetic and intensely humane.
-- Mark Kermode, Guardian
Mia Madre
Acclaimed Italian auteur Nanni Moretti finds comedy and pathos in the story of Margherita, a harried film director (Margherita Buy, A Five Star Life) trying to juggle the demands of her latest movie and a personal life in crisis. The star of her film, a charming but hammy American actor (John Turturro) imported for the production, initially presents nothing but headaches and her crew is close to mutiny. Away from the shoot, Margherita tries to hold her life together as her beloved mother’s illness progresses, and her teenage daughter grows ever more distant.
"Carefully measured and satisfying...the film emerges as a deeply affecting reflection on solitude." - Ela Bittencourt, Slant Magazine
"Fascinating...a rich and incredibly detailed world." - Oliver Lyttelton, The Playlist
Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival - Winner, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection - New York Film Festival
Official Selection - Chicago International Film Festival
Official Selection - Shanghai Film Festival
Official Selection - Jerusalem Film Festival
"Carefully measured and satisfying...the film emerges as a deeply affecting reflection on solitude." - Ela Bittencourt, Slant Magazine
"Fascinating...a rich and incredibly detailed world." - Oliver Lyttelton, The Playlist
Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival - Winner, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection - New York Film Festival
Official Selection - Chicago International Film Festival
Official Selection - Shanghai Film Festival
Official Selection - Jerusalem Film Festival
Genre
Drama,
Festival Favorite
Runtime
106
Language
Italian,
English,
French
Director
Nanni Moretti
Cast
Margherita Buy,
Nanni Moretti
Awards:
Winner, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ~ Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Everything in “Mia Madre”—happenings, memories, and idle fancies—feels deftly interleaved. You could say the same of “8 1/2,” another tale of a director besieged by crises, but Margherita is like an antidote, as it were, to the Marcello Mastroianni character in that film. Where he was sensuous and ...
Played at
Town Center 5 8.26.16 - 9.01.16
Royal 8.26.16 - 9.15.16
Playhouse 7 8.26.16 - 9.08.16
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