Mildred Pierce (2011)
Directed by Todd Haynes
Genres - Drama, Romance, Family & Personal Relationships |
Sub-Genres - Family Drama, Melodrama, Period Film |
Run Time - 336 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan
Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet stars in director Todd Haynes' five-part, made-for-HBO miniseries charting the hopes and heartaches of a single, middle class, Los Angeles mother as she fights to win her daughter's affections during the Great Depression. Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, James LeGros, Mare Winningham, Melissa Leo, and Hope Davis co-star in a film based on the 1941 novel by author James M. Cain.
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competition, Great-Depression, middle-class, rival, single-parent