It's "a film with balls", says director Marleen Jonkman about her movie MESSI AND MAUD, whose crew consists mainly of women. In her cinema debut, Jonkman addresses the question of how a woman can deal with the social and private expectations placed on her. MESSI AND MAUD premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. After a long crisis in their relationship, Maud and Frank want to make a new start on a journey through Chile because of an unfulfilled desire to have children. Rifka Lodeizen's "brilliantly played leading role of the film openly picks up on a social taboo topic, for which there aren't as many and even less, good movies as this one." (kino-zeit.de)
Drama, Independent
1h 32min
16+
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After an argument with her boyfriend, Maud travels alone through Chile and meets a boy named Messi.
It's "a film with balls", says director Marleen Jonkman about her movie MESSI AND MAUD, whose crew consists mainly of women. In her cinema debut, Jonkman addresses the question of how a woman can deal with the social and private expectations placed on her. MESSI AND MAUD premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
After a long crisis in their relationship, Maud and Frank want to make a new start on a journey through Chile because of an unfulfilled desire to have children.
Rifka Lodeizen's "brilliantly played leading role of the film openly picks up on a social taboo topic, for which there aren't as many and even less, good movies as this one." (kino-zeit.de)