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Cari genitori (1973)

Cari genitori poster
Directed by
Enrico Maria Salerno
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A portrait of a strained mother-daughter relationship in Italy. The mother's controlling nature pushes her daughter into rebellion and painful confrontations.

emotionally intensefamily dramaslow-burnmelancholicsomberintrospectivetensevisceral

What happens

Dear Parents (Italian: Cari genitori) is a 1973 Italian drama film directed by Enrico Maria Salerno. For this film Florinda Bolkan was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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