Mom + Mom

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]

Mom + Mom
Film poster
Mamma + Mamma
Directed byKarole Di Tommaso
Written byKarole Di Tommaso
Chiara Ridolfi
StarringLinda Caridi
Maria Roveran
CinematographySara Purgatorio
Edited byMartina Caggianelli
Music byGiulia Anania
Marta Venturini
Production
company
BiBi Film
Release date
  • October 22, 2018 (2018-10-22) (Rome)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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
  1. Paola Medori, "“Mamma + Mamma”: la regista Karole di Tommaso racconta il grande tabù italiano". La Voce di New York, October 23, 2018.
  2. "Film «Mamma+Mamma» e la polemica sui finanziamenti pubblici". Vanity Fair Italia, January 25, 2019.
  3. "Mamma+Mamma, il film sulla maternità di una coppia gay in anteprimo con la regista molisana Karole Di Tommaso". Primo Numero, February 9, 2019.
  4. Nick Vivarelli, "Strand Releasing Takes U.S. Rights to Italian LGBT Drama ‘Mom+Mom’". Variety, May 3, 2019.
  5. "Black Hat wins 2019 Iris Prize". Wales Arts Review, October 13, 2019.


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