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Madre

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Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son.
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Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 11/09/2020
3.5/4
The result is a head trip in the best way imaginable. Go to Full Review
Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times 11/02/2020
Despite its melancholy bearing, "Madre" is a hopeful meditation on grief and memory. Go to Full Review
Claudia Puig FilmWeek (LAist) 10/30/2020
Marta Nieto in the title role is just fantastic. The nuances of her performance are breathtaking. Go to Full Review
Luis Martínez El Mundo (Spain) Jan 10
3/5
Marta Nieto debuts as a director with a delicate, clear and vocationally naive portrait of tolerance, of acceptance. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Lisa Trifone Third Coast Review 11/28/2020
2.5/4
It's an interesting path that the film takes to explore these themes, but one that, in its context, works well enough. Go to Full Review
JK Sooja Common Sense Media 11/18/2020
2/5
Dark, brutal depiction of abusive parenting; violence, sex. Go to Full Review
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04/08/2022 Besides the movie being really great in the first 20 minutes, it shows a connection between a teenager (probably 16 years old) and a grown ass woman, wich is extremely weird. Surely if the movie was about grief and loss the way it looked like in the beginning I'd love it. But the way Elena doesn't ask Jean to cut out his flirtations is literally disgusting. The way Jules Porier's character was design to sound more """mature""" than any other teen (even his brother and his brother's friends who looked 20+) is exactly the argument pedophiles use when people corner them for being atracted to minors. I hate it. Everything about it was great except is a movie about a 39y woman who kisses a boy in the end. If i could give it less then 1 star I would. See more 02/15/2021 Interesting premise with a riveting emotionally involving first scene that is so strong that the rest of the movie falls flat and goes through all the clichés of that years ago disappeared son kind of story. Worse the meeting of the two main characters feels fake and the relation alternates between friendship and unhealthy romance that gives an odd vibe instead of a touching walk through resilience. See more len s 11/12/2020 Overall, I thought it was a pretty good movie. The acting was excellent, good camera work and a good story. The reason I didn't rate it higher was that I thought the main character would have been more forthright with her young friend's family as soon as she knew they were worried over the relationship she had with their son. It was difficult for me to believe that part of the story. See more 11/05/2020 both cringy and exhaustively drawn out... See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son.
Director
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Producer
María del Puy Alvarado, Ibón Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Thomas Pibarot, Jean Labadie, Anne Labadie, Jerome Vidal
Screenwriter
Isabel Peña
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
Arcadia Motion Pictures
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 30, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 30, 2020
Runtime
2h 9m
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