Sundance film festival 2013: Two Mothers – first look review
| Feature | Film A: Two Mothers / Adore (2013) | Film B: Two Mothers / Zwei Mütter (2013) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Adore (International: Two Mothers ) | Zwei Mütter (English: Two Mothers ) | | Director | Anne Fontaine (French) | Anne Zohra Berrached (German) | | Plot | Two lifelong friends have affairs with each other's teenage sons. | A German lesbian couple face a grueling, bureaucratic struggle to have a child through artificial insemination. | | Stars | Naomi Watts, Robin Wright | Karina Plachetka, Sabine Wolf | | Tone | Scandalous, erotic, melodramatic | Realistic, raw, documentary-style | | Runtime | 100-111 minutes | 75-79 minutes |
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Fontaine and screenwriter Christopher Hampton (Oscar winner for Dangerous Liaisons ) adapted the novella for the screen – though critics argue that the adaptation lost some of Lessing’s psychological nuance and replaced it with glossy melodrama.
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This is a much smaller, independent German film from first-time director Anne Zohra Berrached. It's a realistic, almost documentary-style look at the systemic challenges faced by same-sex couples.