Mia madre () 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. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
Plot Margherita 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 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. Her brother Giovanni has taken time off work to help care for their ailing mother, Ada, 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
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 Critical response Mia 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". Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Les Cahiers du cinéma placed the film 1st in their 2015 Top Ten chart and featured Nanni Moretti on their November's cover.
Awards and nominations Awards and nominations Award Category Recipients and nominees Result70th Silver Ribbon Awards Best Director Nanni Moretti Best Producer Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci Best Screenplay Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, and Francesco Piccolo Best Actress Margherita Buy Best Editing Clelio Benevento Best Sound Alessandro Zanon Special Nastro d'Argento Giulia Lazzarini 68th Cannes Film FestivalPalme d'OrNanni Moretti Prize of the Ecumenical Jury60th David di Donatello Awards Best Film Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci Best Director Nanni Moretti Best Script Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella and Francesco Piccolo Best Producer Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci Best Actress Margherita Buy Best Supporting Actress Giulia Lazzarini Best Supporting Actor Nanni Moretti Best Makeup Enrico Iacoponi Best Editing Clelio Benevento Best Sound Alessandro Zanon 55th Globi d'oro Best Film Nanni Moretti Best Script Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, and Francesco Piccolo Best Actress Margherita Buy 30th Ciak d'oroBest DirectorNanni MorettiBest ActressMargherita BuyBest Supporting ActorNanni MorettiBest Supporting ActressGiulia LazzariniBest ProducerNanni Moretti and Domenico ProcacciBest ScreenwriterNanni Moretti, Valia Santella, and Francesco PiccoloBest Sets and DecorationsPaola BizzarriBest Movie PosterInternozero comunicazione28th European Film AwardsBest Director Nanni Moretti Best Actress Margherita Buy
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