Movie #1218 "These Daughters of Mine" is the last of the movies we saw at the Milwaukee Film Festival 2016, and it rated a 4 to me --- in the middle of the other two. I haven't seen a lot of Polish movies , but of the ones I have seen, they were about health care in some way, they referred to alternative ways of healing people, life/death issues, and the endings seem more poignant rather than final --- that is, I liked the characters so much, I wanted to see their story go a tad further, but I wasn't unhappy with where it ended, just moderately surprised. Anyway, this movie deals with two sisters who couldn't be more different from each other, dealing with their two parents who have health issues at the same time. Even though it is dealing with the polish culture, there is so much we can identify with as far as family conflicts and dynamics. It was a story that involved me from beginning and ending, and I found it quite good. But warning that it is intense through a lot of it --- lots of hospital scenes that we don't like to go through in our lives, so watching movies that include them can't be that much fun to watch for many of us!
THESE DAUGHTERS OF MINE 2015 1 hour 28 minutes
Marta is a successful actress unable to put her life in order. Unlike her domineering sister, Kasia is sensitive and effusive. They're not keen on each other but an unexpected illness of their mother forces them to cooperate. Laughter is liberating in this heart-warming and profound story about family relations.
P.S. The actress who plays Marta is a big deal actress in Poland and was the co star (not the nun, but her cousin) in the academy award winner "Ida" (couple of years ago).
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