Madonna

This film (drama)Also known asMadonnen，is aGermany, Switzerland, BelgiumProducerwomen sex，At2007Released in year 。The dialogue language isGerman, English，Current Douban rating0.0(For reference only)。

"The 2007 work of the emerging German female director Maria Speth from the 'Berlin School.' This year, her documentary 'Mr. Bachmann and His Class' won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, garnering widespread attention from film fans. This unique film is not only the only documentary in the main competition section but also the longest at 217 minutes, edited from over 200 hours of footage. Her films often focus on new immigrants in Germany, and even in 2007's 'Madonna,' this topic was already being addressed. Although 'Madonna' is not a documentary, it is equally realistic, depicting a German woman named Rita who never acknowledges her mother. Rita has six children and forces her mother to care for her grandchildren. Hmm, why does this sound so much like that bizarre Korean story from a few days ago? Of course, this is an art film, so it doesn't have many outlandish plots. The film explores German social issues entirely from a female perspective. At the beginning of the story, as a young German mother, Rita travels alone to the U.S. with a small baby to find her biological father, but he already has a family and does not want this stranger to intrude, shattering Rita's dreams. When the story shifts to Germany, the atmosphere becomes even gloomier, and the conflict between Rita and her mother intensifies. Several of Rita's children come from different fathers, and she leaves them at her mother's house so she can go out with friends. The portrayal of human psychology in the film is so accurate that it seems to suggest Rita's disconnection from the world around her rather than exploring the possible reasons behind it. At this point, an African American soldier enters her life and accepts Rita and her children. In terms of visual presentation, the director consciously chooses monotony and gray tones, employing a quasi-documentary style. As the story progresses, the new apartment for Rita is cleverly filled with more furniture and decoration, showcasing more colors. Overall, this female director deserves more attention. The Berlin School (German: Berliner Schule) refers to a new film movement that emerged in the mid-1990s to the early 21st century, encompassing a series of German films that were highly praised by critics abroad (especially in France). The Berlin School does not have a defined cinematic style or norm, but many films deal with interpersonal and social relationships and record the changes in contemporary German society through subtle characters, emotions, or scenes." -- Chaos Flying Subtitle Group