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MILDRED PIERCE (Kate Winslet) is a single mother during the great depression who has a passion for baking and decides to open her own restaurant after failing to find work elsewhere. After starting her own business, she meets a new man and tries to juggle both of these while fighting to gain love and respect from her daughter.

She gave her daughter everything. But everything was not enough. HBO’s new miniseries Mildred Pierce brings to life the memorable characters introduced in James M. Cain’s classic 1941 novel of pride and privilege in the middle class. Starring Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, and co-written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes, this five-part drama is an intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years, as she struggles...

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Sultry movie star Joan Crawford is immortalised in this collection of five films. A potent mixture of melodrama and film noir, MILDRED PIERCE tells the story of a wealthy restaurateur suspected of killing her second husband. Told in flashback, we learn of her troubled past, her uneasy relationship with her eldest daughter Veda, and the sacrifices she made to get to where she is now. A classic example of the old Hollywood star system, GRAND HOTEL offers a glimpse into high society, as the glittering...

Kate Winslet is superb as the eponymous heroine, a woman newly abandoned by her husband, looking to make her way in a Depression-struck world with only her sense of propriety and self-worth to guide her. Eschewing the murder subplot grafted into the Crawford vehicle, Haynes is tremendously faithful to the source material, trailing Mildred through the launch of her own restaurant, a relationship with Guy Pearce and battles with her aloof daughters.

audio in italiano b/ncasalinga sciattona si separa dal marito e, per soddisfare le ambizioni della figlia viziata (blyth), lavora come cameriera finche' diventa proprietaria di una catena di ristoranti. si risposa con un aristocratico (scott) di bella presenza, facile da governare. chi uccide il secondo marito? 6 nomination, 1 oscar per j. crawford sopra le righe. dal romanzo (1941) di james cain, un melodramma nero in forma di ritratto di donna ambiziosa, aggressiva ma vulnerabile. bravi attori...

Five films featuring Joan Crawford as leading lady. 'Mildred Pierce' (1945) is based on a James M Cain novel. Crawford stars as an estranged wife fighting to make her restaurant a success. She won an Oscar for Best Actress, and the film was nominated for a further four. 'Grand Hotel' (1932) is an MGM classic focussing on the intertwining lives of the inhabitants of a Berlin hotel. A lonely ballerina (Greta Garbo) contemplates suicide; a ruthless industrialist (Wallace Beery) makes a last ditch attempt...

Release Date: 2006-02-13, Rating: Parental Guidance

Release Date: 2011-11-28, Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over

Release Date: 2012-09-17, Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over

She gave her daughter everything but everything was not enough. Don't miss the premiere of the latest renowned miniseries Mildred Pierce, which brings to life the memorable characters introduced in James M. Cain's classic 1941 novel of pride and privilege in the middle class.Starring Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet and co-written and directed by Oscar nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes, this five-part drama is an intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during...

MILDRED PIERCE (Kate Winslet) is a single mother during the great depression who has a passion for baking and decides to open her own restaurant after failing to find work elsewhere. After starting her own business, she meets a new man and tries to juggle both of these while fighting to gain love and respect from her daughter.

Mildred Pierce (HBO) [DVD] - , In Michael Curtiz's hands, James M. Cain's novel Mildred Pierce became a suburban noir, but Todd Haynes spins a more class-conscious tale in this HBO miniseries. The Depression is in effect when Mildred (Kate Winslet, ably filling Oscar-winner Joan Crawford's formidable shoes) breaks with her unfaithful husband, Bert (Brían F. O'Byrne), leaving the Glendale housewife to support her daughters as a waitress and part-time baker (cinematographer Ed Lachman brings her confections...