Mom + Mom () is an Italian drama film, directed by Karole Di Tommaso and released in 2018.Paola Medori, "“Mamma + Mamma”: la regista Karole di Tommaso racconta il grande tabù italiano". La Voce di New York, October 23, 2018. The film stars Linda Caridi and Maria Roveran as a lesbian couple who want to become mothers of a child, and are struggling with the bureaucratic and financial burdens of the fertility clinic system."Film «Mamma+Mamma» e la polemica sui finanziamenti pubblici". Vanity Fair Italia, January 25, 2019.
The film premiered on the Alice nella Città stream at the Rome Film Festival in October 2018, before going into wider theatrical release in early 2019."Mamma+Mamma, il film sulla maternità di una coppia gay in anteprimo con la regista molisana Karole Di Tommaso". Primo Numero, February 9, 2019. It was picked up for international distribution by TLA Releasing in the United Kingdom and Strand Releasing in the United States,Nick Vivarelli, "Strand Releasing Takes U.S. Rights to Italian LGBT Drama ‘Mom+Mom’". Variety, May 3, 2019. and screened at various international LGBT film festivals.
Caridi won the award for Best Performance in a Female Role at the 2019 Iris Prize festival."Black Hat wins 2019 Iris Prize". Wales Arts Review, October 13, 2019.
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