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Martha... Martha (2001)

Martha... Martha poster
Directed by
Sandrine Veysset
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother struggles with her love for her daughter while drifting away emotionally. The film hints at a painful secret from her past but leaves much unsaid.

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What happens

Martha... Martha est un film français réalisé par Sandrine Veysset, sorti en 2001. Troisième volet d'une trilogie traitant des traumatismes de l'enfance. Après Y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël ? et Victor... pendant qu'il est trop tard, la réalisatrice fait le portrait d'une mère à la dérive, qui aime sa fille mais qui s'en va. Peut-être son passé renferme-t-il un secret lourd à porter ? La question est posée mais le film contient beaucoup d'émotions, de suggestions et de non-dits. On retrouve le style original de Sandrine Veysset. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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