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Materna

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Materna

Released Aug 6, 2021

1h 46m

Drama

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Materna follows the journeys of four New York women who are isolated by city life, separated by class, politics, race and religion, and yet bound by a shared hunger for identity and connection. With their futures at stake, the characters' lives are upended by a fateful encounter underground, where their stories of personal transformation become a battle for survival.

Kristy Puchko

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Materna feels like a hodgepodge of half-finished drafts from one-act plays, pompous short films, and dusty first screenplays.

Rated: C-

Aug 20, 2021

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Each section... leaves its mark...

Aug 12, 2021

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Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

What Materna tries to say on race, class, culture, and society remains all too vague and surface-level in its aftermath.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 6, 2021

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Edward Douglas

The Weekend Warrior (Substack)

An intriguing and somewhat enigmatic film from Gutnik and his collaborators.

Aug 26, 2021

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Alisha Netis

Black Girl Nerds

'Materna' is telling a story that is never told, possibly one that is shameful to tell.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 19, 2021

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Aaron Neuwirth

We Live Entertainment

The nature of this sort of film means it's relatively easy to determine the stronger segments from the weaker ones.

Rated: 5/10

Aug 18, 2021

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Materna follows the journeys of four New York women who are isolated by city life, separated by class, politics, race and religion, and yet bound by a shared hunger for identity and connection. With their futures at stake, the characters' lives are upended by a fateful encounter underground, where their stories of personal transformation become a battle for survival.

Director: David Gutnik
Producer: Liz Cardenas, Emily McEvoy
Screenwriter: David Gutnik, Assol Abdullina, Jade Eshete
Distributor: Utopia
Production Co: Ten to the Six Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 6, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2021
Runtime: 1h 46m

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