| Mom + Mom | |
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 Film poster | |
| Mamma + Mamma | |
| Directed by | Karole Di Tommaso |
| Written by | Karole Di Tommaso Chiara Ridolfi |
| Starring | Linda Caridi Maria Roveran |
| Cinematography | Sara Purgatorio |
| Edited by | Martina Caggianelli |
| Music by | Giulia Anania Marta Venturini |
Production company | BiBi Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Mom + Mom (Italian: Mamma + Mamma) is an Italian comedy-drama film, directed by Karole Di Tommaso and released in 2018.[1] 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.[2]
The film premiered in the Alice nella città stream at the Rome Film Festival in October 2018,[1] before going into wider theatrical release in early 2019.[3] It was picked up for international distribution by TLA Releasing in the United Kingdom and Strand Releasing in the United States,[4] and has screened at various international LGBT film festivals.
Caridi won the award for Best Performance in a Female Role at the 2019 Iris Prize festival.[5]
References
- ^ a b Paola Medori, "“Mamma + Mamma”: la regista Karole di Tommaso racconta il grande tabù italiano". La Voce di New York, October 23, 2018.
- ^ "Film «Mamma+Mamma» e la polemica sui finanziamenti pubblici". Vanity Fair Italia, January 25, 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.
- ^ Nick Vivarelli, "Strand Releasing Takes U.S. Rights to Italian LGBT Drama ‘Mom+Mom’". Variety, May 3, 2019.
- ^ "Black Hat wins 2019 Iris Prize". Wales Arts Review, October 13, 2019.
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