While current topics tend to occupy our attention and drain the creative juices of the filmmakers trying to stay on top of the trends, others, more universal ones, often get neglected for a period of time. Sometimes, only sometimes, the most authentic and universal things remain hidden in plain sight, often behind a generic title. Both of the claims from previous sentences stand firmly in the only Israeli-led co-production at this year’s Cannes, Mama, which premiered in Cannes Special programme.
For her first fiction feature, Or Sinai reunites with Evgenia Dodina, the lead actress of her award-winning short Anna (2015). Dodina steps in the titular role of Mila, the main breadwinner for her Polish family. We meet her in Israel, where she works for a wealthy couple, Yaffa (Cheli Goldenberg) and Gideon (Meir Swisa), as a housekeeper. At the moment, she is also having a clumsy, but gentle fling with.
For her first fiction feature, Or Sinai reunites with Evgenia Dodina, the lead actress of her award-winning short Anna (2015). Dodina steps in the titular role of Mila, the main breadwinner for her Polish family. We meet her in Israel, where she works for a wealthy couple, Yaffa (Cheli Goldenberg) and Gideon (Meir Swisa), as a housekeeper. At the moment, she is also having a clumsy, but gentle fling with.
- 5/20/2025
- by Marko Stojiljkovic
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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