Mia Madre Page #2

Synopsis: 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?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Nanni Moretti
  11 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
70
R
Year:
2015
106 min
126 Views


Listen, I'd like to see the actress,

understand?

Next to the character, I want to see

the actress who plays her.

- Who's that?

- Who? You!

You mustn't vanish as a person,

the worker has to be there

but alongside, you're there too.

- Understand?

- Sure...

The worker and you.

Positions please,

we're doing another.

Barry?

Hi.

Long.

She's just tired, edgy

from the test

they gave her this morning,

she's also worried.

I'm sure, why did

she need another CAT scan?

It was the doctors' decision.

- Did she eat? Was she hungry?

- Yes.

She ate the pastry I brought her.

How sweet!

Did I tell you I couldn't

come by this evening?

Yes.

What's the actor like? Nice?

How do I know?

He hasn't said a word, he's sleeping.

I can't tell

if he knows I'm the director.

What a start!

Okay, talk to you tomorrow,

goodnight.

Mom?

Are you sleeping?

What does "some" mean?

Huh?

"She saw some roses".

- What part of speech is it?

- I don't know.

The direct object.

Yes, the direct object.

But, why is there "some"?

"Some roses", meaning several roses.

What do you say?

I say I'm getting dumber

staying here.

Barry, we're here.

A terrible dream, horrible!

I'm very tired, very confused.

Good evening.

- What time is it?

- 10:
40.

I'm hungry-

Eating alone is so sad.

Yes.

Let's have dinner together?

It's late, I work tomorrow...

Then you stay to sleep with me.

What's your name?

What's my name?

You're laughing?

- It was a joke.

- It was a joke!

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

Careful... good.

Okay, bye!

Go to bed.

Heart and lungs work together,

if one's not well,

the other has to work more.

The pneumonia, after

the trauma you spoke about...

She fell.

The pneumonia overtired

your mother's heart

which was already in bad shape.

Look at the electrocardiogram.

- Her ventricle diameters are wide.

- What's that mean?

Her heart has enlarged, it's tired.

Unfortunately,

this road leads just one way,

I'm afraid there's no turning back.

The problem wasn't clear,

if it's her heart, her lungs,

the doctor said

a lot of confused things.

No, she said she didn't know

when it would happen,

but it could be soon.

But she implied

there could be improvement...

Margherita,

Mom's dying.

Moustache!

Overhead lighting?

It's not good for me.

Barry, you've just concluded

the purchase of the factory.

For the former owners

it's a painful moment,

it's a defeat.

They'd owned this company

for three generations.

I understood everything!

I understand.

It's not only

an economic failure for them,

losing the company is like

losing a piece of their history.

Five minutes and we're ready.

You have to reassure them

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Nanni Moretti

Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. more…

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