Madonnen
(Germany/Switzerland/Belgium, 2006, 115 minutes)
A young woman just out of jail, whose four children by different fathers all live with her mother, tries and fails to rebuild her life. Bleak melodrama whose strong lead performance and uncompromising handling go some way towards making up for the lack of narrative or development.
A Match Factory release. Pandora Film presents a Pandora Film production in co-production with Cineworx Filmproduktion, Les Films du Fleuve, ZDF das kleine Fernsehspiel and Schweizer Fernsehen; with the support of Hessen Invest, Eurimages, Filmstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, BKM, Filmförderungsanstalt, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Télédistributeurs Wallons and Hessische Filmförderung. Starring Sandra Hüller, Luisa Sappelt, Coleman Orlando Swinton, Susanne Lothar, Gerti Drassl; and Olivier Gourmet. Directed and written by Maria Speth; produced by Christoph Friedel; director of photography (colour), Reinhold Vorschneider; art directors, Tim Pannen, Igor Gabriel, Marion Foradori; costume designer, Birgitt Kilian; film editors, Dietmar Kraus, Ludo Troch, Dörte Volz-Manimarella, Maria Speth.
A young woman just out of jail, whose four children by different fathers all live with her mother, tries and fails to rebuild her life. Bleak melodrama whose strong lead performance and uncompromising handling go some way towards making up for the lack of narrative or development.
A Match Factory release. Pandora Film presents a Pandora Film production in co-production with Cineworx Filmproduktion, Les Films du Fleuve, ZDF das kleine Fernsehspiel and Schweizer Fernsehen; with the support of Hessen Invest, Eurimages, Filmstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, BKM, Filmförderungsanstalt, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Télédistributeurs Wallons and Hessische Filmförderung. Starring Sandra Hüller, Luisa Sappelt, Coleman Orlando Swinton, Susanne Lothar, Gerti Drassl; and Olivier Gourmet. Directed and written by Maria Speth; produced by Christoph Friedel; director of photography (colour), Reinhold Vorschneider; art directors, Tim Pannen, Igor Gabriel, Marion Foradori; costume designer, Birgitt Kilian; film editors, Dietmar Kraus, Ludo Troch, Dörte Volz-Manimarella, Maria Speth.
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