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Mother's Day

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6.0/10 • 13

1948-08-270h 22m

Drama

Accepting the potentialities of the medium to manipulate both time and space, Broughton brings past and present head-on as he regards with adult feelings his childhood family and friends. Grown-ups romp like children, and by their magnified infantilism playfully underscore such basic traits as sadism, sensuality, arid egocentricity. (Melbourne International Film Festival)

Directors
James Broughton
Writters
James Broughton

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  1. Marion Cunningham

    Marion Cunningham

  2. Donald Pidgeon

    Donald Pidgeon

  3. Hal Goldman

    Hal Goldman

  4. Donald Nelson

    Donald Nelson

  5. Betty Lee Balder

    Betty Lee Balder

  6. Elaine Mitchell

    Elaine Mitchell

  7. Marion Farquhar

    Marion Farquhar

  8. Jack W. Stauffacher

    Jack W. Stauffacher

  9. Bill Brewer

    Bill Brewer

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CinemaSerf

Jan 7, 2025

6/10

"Mother was the loveliest woman in the world". "Mother wanted everything to be lovely". Using a series of embryonic lighting techniques, a lively piano-based score and a series of not altogether coherent mini-sketches, we are presented with what appear to be memories of a couple, of them falling in love, of her widowhood and then more courting. She looks lovingly from her window, pining for what she had, what she wants? She's even offered a bribe in the form of some stockings! It's impossible to say just what this is about in any traditional sense, and it's a surprisingly pace-free affair for the most of it's rather abstract existence which appears to emanate from the naive and/or innocent mind of our unspoken narrator. Toys feature quite heavily as props and at times that's quite effective, as is some of the almost temperamental action from time to time, but it's all too surreal for me, sorry.

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    Status
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    Original Language
    English
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    Keywords
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