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Mother Mountain (film)

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Mother Mountain
Directed byCelina Stang
Written byCelina Stang
Produced byFran Dobbie
Kristen Hodges
Stavros Kazantzidis
Celina Stang
StarringEmilie Cocquerel
Fayssal Bazzi
Willow Speers
Damion Hunter
Anne-Louise Lambert
CinematographyRadek Ladczuk
Edited byMark Warner
Running time
105 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Mother Mountain is a 2022 Australian film written and directed by Celina Stang.[1]

Plot

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Selene and Dean move their family to the base of a sacred mountain looking for a new life.[2]

Cast

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Reception

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Writing in the Weekend Australian David Stratton gave it 3 1/2 stars saying "Tapping into two deeply-held faiths, Jewish and Aboriginal, two races that have suffered appallingly at the hands of Aryans, the film is steeped in cross-cultural themes. Handsomely photographed by Radek Ladczuk and confidently acted by the entire cast, this is a fresh and distinctive local production."[3]

Jim Schembri gave it 3 stars calling it "A well-directed, intimate domestic drama, dramatically solid with a raft of good turns and a lovely location shoot".[4]

Paul Malone reviewed it for Australian CATHOLICS, concluding that it was "Striking to look at, emotionally involving, and challenging."[5]

References

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  1. ^ Abelsohn, Jessica (9 May 2022), "Facing your demons with Mother Mountain", The Australian Jewish News
  2. ^ Medlicott, Jeanne (10 March 2022), "Cannes winner Mother Mountain premieres at Melbourne Jewish International Film Festival", The Canberra Times
  3. ^ Stratton, David (30 April 2022), "Keeping faith with mysticism", The Weekend Australian
  4. ^ Schembri, Jim (11 May 2022), "Review", jimschembri.com
  5. ^ Malone, Paul (10 May 2022), "Mother Mountain", AustralianCATHOLICS
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