Madonnas

Maria Speth

GER 2007, 120 min

The critically acclaimed follow-up of Maria Speth’s debut THE DAYS BETWEEN.

Synopsis

When Rita is released from prison, she takes back her children. With the aid of Marc, a US soldier stationed in Germany, she develops something like a normal family life.

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Language: German, Subtitles: German, English, French

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Awards and Festivals

- Hessischer Film- und Kinopreis 2007
- Berlinale 2007, Internationales Forum des Jungen Films
- Mar de Plata Film Festival 2007 - Silver Actress : Sandra Hüller
- Femina - International Women's Film Festival Rio de Janero
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- Vancouver International Film Festival
- Haifa International Film Festival
- Cinéma Tout Écran Genf
- Festival des deutschen Films Paris

Additional Texts

Maria Speth about MADONNAS

Everybody seems to know what a mother is supposed to do and what not. And when she infringes upon these role expectations, massive sanctions are imposed on her. With a view to this, the film gradually unveils a portrait of a woman who claims her mother was never a mother to her. But then she herself has one child after the other and foists them all off on her mother, forcing her to take on the role she denied  Rita. Rita’s story thus reflects the plight of past and future generations. Will Rita’s eldest daughter too claim one day that she was never a mother to her?

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Credits

Director and Screenplay
Maria Speth
With
Sandra Hüller, Olivier Gourmet, Luisa Sappelt, Coleman Orlando, Swinton, Susanne Lothar, Gerti Drassl
Director of Photography
Reinhold Vorschneider
Editor
Dietmar Kraus, Ludo Troch, Dörte Völz-Mammarella, Maria Speth
Casting
Nina Haun, Patrick Hella
Production Design
Tim Pannen, Igor Gabriel, Marion Foradori
Props
Michael Kalden, Friederike Berthold
Costume Design
Birgitt Kilian
Make-up Artist
Monika Münnich, Ljiljana Müller
Original Sound
Laurent Barbey, Ruedi Guyer
Sound Mix
Thomas Gauder
Commissioning Editor
Claudia Tronnier (ZDF), Susann Wach (SF)
Set Manager​
Matthias Ruppelt
​Production Manager
Dorissa Berninger
Executive Producer
Claudia Steffen
Co-Producers
Pascal Trächslin, Jean-Pierre, Luc Dardenne, Olivier Bronckart
Producer
Christoph Friedel
Produced by
Pandora Film
In Coproduction with
Cineworx (Basel), Les Films du Fleuve (Liège), ZDF (Mainz), SF (Zürich)
World Premiere
February 2007, Berlinale - Forum
German Theatrical Release
06.12.2007

DVD-Details

Extras
Press reviews and picture gallery, Booklet-Interview, Trailer
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL / Color
Length
120 min + Extras
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound Format
DD 2.0
Release Date
04.07.2008
Rating
From 12 Years

Further Films

of this Director

9 Lives
Daughters
The Days between