Mia madre (lit. '"My Mother"') is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Nanni Moretti. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]
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| Directed by | Nanni Moretti |
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| Cinematography | Arnaldo Catinari |
| Edited by | Clelio Benevento |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
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Plot
editMargherita (Margherita Buy) is a director working on a social-realist film about a factory strike called Noi siamo qui (We Are Here), starring American actor Barry Huggins (John Turturro) as the factory owner. Huggins consistently fails to deliver his lines properly and the fraught nature of the shoot is exacerbated by unhelpful advice from Margherita to her actors. She breaks up with her boyfriend, an actor in the film, and is divorced from the father of her daughter, Livia (Beatrice Mancini). Her brother Giovanni (Nanni Moretti) has taken time off work to help care for their ailing mother, Ada (Giulia Lazzarini), a retired classics teacher who has been hospitalised. Margherita comes to feel guilty for not taking on more responsibility for her mother and reflects on her often cold relations with her family, friends and colleagues.
Cast
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- Margherita Buy as Margherita
- John Turturro as Barry Huggins
- Giulia Lazzarini as Ada
- Nanni Moretti as Giovanni
- Beatrice Mancini as Livia
- Stefano Abbati as Federico
- Enrico Ianniello as Vittorio
- Anna Bellato as Actor
- Toni Laudadio as Producer
Reception
editCritical response
editMia Madre has an approval rating of 84% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 92 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Mia Madre explores thought-provoking themes with director/co-writer Nanni Moretti's reliably skillful blend of comedy and pathos".[5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]
Les Cahiers du cinéma placed the film 1st in their 2015 Top Ten chart[7] and featured Nanni Moretti on their November's cover.[8] High on Films Website wrote "Life, death, film-making, solitude, relationships & existential crisis form the crux of Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre".[9]
Awards and nominations
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| 70th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Director | Nanni Moretti | Nominated | |
| Best Producer | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, and Francesco Piccolo | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Clelio Benevento | Nominated | ||
| Best Sound | Alessandro Zanon | Nominated | ||
| Special Nastro d'Argento | Giulia Lazzarini | Won | ||
| 68th Cannes Film Festival[10] | Palme d'Or | Nanni Moretti | Nominated | |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Won | |||
| 60th David di Donatello Awards[11] | Best Film | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Nanni Moretti | Nominated | ||
| Best Script | Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella and Francesco Piccolo | Nominated | ||
| Best Producer | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Giulia Lazzarini | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Nanni Moretti | Nominated | ||
| Best Makeup | Enrico Iacoponi | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Clelio Benevento | Nominated | ||
| Best Sound | Alessandro Zanon | Nominated | ||
| 55th Globi d'oro | Best Film | Nanni Moretti | Nominated | |
| Best Script | Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, and Francesco Piccolo | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Nominated | ||
| 30th Ciak d'oro[12] | Best Director | Nanni Moretti | Won | |
| Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Nanni Moretti | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Giulia Lazzarini | Won | ||
| Best Producer | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenwriter | Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, and Francesco Piccolo | Nominated | ||
| Best Sets and Decorations | Paola Bizzarri | Nominated | ||
| Best Movie Poster | Internozero comunicazione | Nominated | ||
| 28th European Film Awards | Best Director | Nanni Moretti | Nominated | |
| Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Nominated | ||
References
edit- ^ "Mia Madre (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Mia Madre (2016), retrieved 5 June 2020
- ^ Mia Madre, retrieved 5 June 2020
- ^ "Top Ten 2015, Décembre 2015 – n°717". Cahiers du cinéma.
- ^ "Nanni Moretti à Rome, Novembre 2015 n°716". Cahiers du cinéma.
- ^ Mia Madre (2015) - "Mumbai Film Festival Review". highonfilms.com.
- ^ "Cannes Ecumenical Jury Prize 2015 awarded to 'Mia Madre' by Nanni Moretti". Protestant Federation of France. 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "David di Donatello 2015, le cinquine: 16 nomination per "Anime nere", 14 per Martone". 11 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Ciak D'Oro 2015, l'elenco dei premiati - TV Sorrisi & Canzoni". 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
External links
edit- Mia Madre at IMDb
- Mia Madre at Rotten Tomatoes
- Mia Madre at Metacritic
