Nanni Moretti loses his sh*t on camera, and we get a front-row seat.
Direction
Lagi captures Moretti directing himself through actual grief.
Acting
Turturro's unhinged energy vs. Buy's quiet devastation.
Editing
Seamless bleed between film scenes and behind-scenes meltdowns.
Director
Francesco Lagi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Moretti shot Mia Madre while his own mother was dying; this doc reveals he barely separated the two experiences, often breaking character to weep between takes.
The 42-minute runtime was deliberate — Lagi wanted a 'short film about a feature,' refusing standard feature-doc length.
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