# Mia Madre

Mia madre (lit. '"My Mother"') is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Nanni Moretti. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

## Plot

Margherita is a director working on a social-realist film about a factory strike called Noi siamo qui (We Are Here), starring American actor Barry Huggins as the factory owner. Huggins consistently fails to deliver his lines properly and the fraught nature of the shoot is exacerbated by unhelpful advice from Margherita to her actors. She breaks up with her boyfriend, an actor in the film, and is divorced from the father of her daughter, Livia. Her brother Giovanni has taken time off work to help care for their ailing mother, Ada, a retired classics teacher who has been hospitalised. Margherita comes to feel guilty for not taking on more responsibility for her mother and reflects on her often cold relations with her family, friends and colleagues.

## Cast

* Margherita Buy as Margherita
* John Turturro as Barry Huggins
* Giulia Lazzarini as Ada
* Nanni Moretti as Giovanni
* Beatrice Mancini as Livia
* Stefano Abbati as Federico
* Enrico Ianniello as Vittorio
* Anna Bellato as Actor
* Toni Laudadio as Producer

## Reception
### Critical response

Mia Madre has an approval rating of 84% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 92 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Mia Madre explores thought-provoking themes with director/co-writer Nanni Moretti's reliably skillful blend of comedy and pathos". Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Les Cahiers du cinéma placed the film 1st in their 2015 Top Ten chart and featured Nanni Moretti on their November's cover.

### Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations :
| Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
| 70th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Director | Nanni Moretti | Nominated |
| 70th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Producer | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | Nominated |
| 70th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Screenplay | Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, and Francesco Piccolo | Nominated |
| 70th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Won |
| 70th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Editing | Clelio Benevento | Nominated |
| 70th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Sound | Alessandro Zanon | Nominated |
| 70th Silver Ribbon Awards | Special Nastro d'Argento | Giulia Lazzarini | Won |
| 68th Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Nanni Moretti | Nominated |
| 68th Cannes Film Festival | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | | Won |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Film | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | Nominated |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Director | Nanni Moretti | Nominated |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Script | Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella and Francesco Piccolo | Nominated |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Producer | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | Nominated |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Won |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Giulia Lazzarini | Won |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nanni Moretti | Nominated |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Makeup | Enrico Iacoponi | Nominated |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Editing | Clelio Benevento | Nominated |
| 60th David di Donatello Awards | Best Sound | Alessandro Zanon | Nominated |
| 55th Globi d'oro | Best Film | Nanni Moretti | Nominated |
| 55th Globi d'oro | Best Script | Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, and Francesco Piccolo | Nominated |
| 55th Globi d'oro | Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Nominated |
| 30th Ciak d'oro | Best Director | Nanni Moretti | Won |
| 30th Ciak d'oro | Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Won |
| 30th Ciak d'oro | Best Supporting Actor | Nanni Moretti | Nominated |
| 30th Ciak d'oro | Best Supporting Actress | Giulia Lazzarini | Won |
| 30th Ciak d'oro | Best Producer | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | Nominated |
| 30th Ciak d'oro | Best Screenwriter | Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, and Francesco Piccolo | Nominated |
| 30th Ciak d'oro | Best Sets and Decorations | Paola Bizzarri | Nominated |
| 30th Ciak d'oro | Best Movie Poster | Internozero comunicazione | Nominated |
| 28th European Film Awards | Best Director | Nanni Moretti | Nominated |
| 28th European Film Awards | Best Actress | Margherita Buy | Nominated |