Mia Madre (2015)
Mia Madre
”A struggling director navigates her mother's death and her own existential crisis.”
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A captivating story with great empathy between audience and characters. The movie knows how to cleverly alternate between humor and drama, and also brings a great performance from John Turturro. If you're looking for a highly emotional movie, you've found it.
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Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
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