# Mammina cara (1981)

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**Original title**: *Mommie Dearest*
**Runtime**: 128 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Frank Perry
**Written by**: Robert Getchell, Frank Yablans, Frank Perry
**Starring**: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva, Mara Hobel, Rutanya Alda

> *Faye Dunaway is Joan Crawford. A star...a legend...and a mother...the illusion of perfection.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Hollywood royalty curdles into something uglier as a fading star’s rage boils over. A mother’s iron will cracks into full-blown tyranny over her only daughter. Realizes the cult of persona can’t mask the rot inside.

**Mood tags**: outsider, pitch-black

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