
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. ... (Full plot summary below)
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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?
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| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsMia Madre is a triumph of tonal complexity. It's a funny tragedy, a serious comedy, a film about death that has its wake and eats it. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaTalvez o filme mais ambicioso da carreira Nanni Moretti. |
| NewcityRay PrideA full-to-heartbursting film, with extremes of joy and sorrow in a small, assured yet teeming narrative. |
| SF WeeklySherilyn ConnellyIt's difficult for an expressionistic Italian film about a director experiencing an existential crisis to not evoke 8 1/2 to some extent, but Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre is its own lovely meditation on art and life. |
| RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsItalian drama Mia Madre is an either/or film, a humorous and poignant character study that frequently becomes an ensemble piece. |
| ExcelsiorAdrián RuizA gracious and deep film. [Full review in Spanish] |
| En FilmeSofía Ochoa RodríguezA heartfelt film about the innevitable things in life and the loss of those we love. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleWith an unassuming directness, Moretti...toggles between work and life pressures in a way that finds the curious feelings and epiphanies that bind the two, and somehow give meaning to the whole dance. |
| New York TimesManohla DargisLove, death, cinema — they’re all there in Mia Madre, bumping up against one another beautifully. |
| Sight and SoundPhilip KempFor all his often disenchanted outlook, Moretti's films almost always end on a positive note (however hard won). Mia madre is no exception. |