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'Mom + Mom' is an Italian comedy-drama film, directed by Karole Di Tommaso and released in 2018.[Paola Medori, [https://www.lavocedinewyork.com/arts/spettacolo/2018/10/23/mamma-mamma-la-regista-karole-di-tommaso-racconta-il-grande-tabu-italiano/ "Mamma + Mamma: la regista Karole di Tommaso racconta il grande tab italiano"]. 'La Voce di New York', October 23, 2018.] The film stars Linda Caridi and Maria Roveran as a lesbian couple who want to become mothers of a child, and are struggling with the bureaucratic and financial burdens of the fertility clinic system.[[https://www.vanityfair.it/news/diritti/2019/01/25/film-mammapiumamma-finanziamenti-pubblici "Film Mamma+Mamma e la polemica sui finanziamenti pubblici"]. 'Vanity Fair Italia', January 25, 2019.]
The film premiered in the Alice nella citt stream at the Rome Film Festival in October 2018,[ before going into wider theatrical release in early 2019.][[https://www.primonumero.it/2019/02/mammamamma-il-film-sulla-maternita-di-una-coppia-gay-in-anteprima-con-la-regista-molisana-karole-di-tommaso/1530545982/ "Mamma+Mamma, il film sulla maternit di una coppia gay in anteprimo con la regista molisana Karole Di Tommaso"]. 'Primo Numero', February 9, 2019.] It was picked up for international distribution by TLA Releasing in the United Kingdom and Strand Releasing in the United States,[Nick Vivarelli, [https://variety.com/2019/film/news/strand-releasing-italian-lgbt-drama-mom-mom-1203204202/ "Strand Releasing Takes U.S. Rights to Italian LGBT Drama Mom+Mom"]. 'Variety', May 3, 2019.] and has screened at various international LGBT film festivals.
Caridi won the award for Best Performance in a Female Role at the 2019 Iris Prize festival.[[https://www.walesartsreview.org/black-hat-wins-2019-iris-prize/ "Black Hat wins 2019 Iris Prize"]. 'Wales Arts Review', October 13, 2019.]
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