Movies: Mother daughter relationship

The 18-year-old Jona tries to hold his family together—consisting of his self-harming sister and overwhelmed mother—while grappling with his responsibility in this dynamic and his own right to vulnerability....

Spain, early 20th century. Hildegart is raised and educated by his mother Aurora as the subject of a social experiment, to be the first truly free woman in the world, the one who will lead humanity into a new era; and, in order to achieve this goal, ...

A Night before the Wedding, I Pack My Things....

Anne doesn't have enough money to take her daughter, Mélody, away from the small provincial town where they live for a few days during the summer holidays. In the face of her daughter's disappointment and incomprehension, she does all she can to find...

A mother and a daughter in a bond beyond time, waiting to move forward among absurd dialogue, injections, plants and e-mails....

On the eve of the war in Ukraine, a Russian journalist from pro-Kremlin TV channel brings her rebellious and Westernized teenage daughter on a journey through Putin’s Russia....

An imaginative telling of the story of a Vietnamese American mother-daughter duo who, in their attempt to heal the rift between them, reenact and satirize scenes from celebrated Vietnam War films while depicting a diasporic reality. Two inventive st...

A grandmother, mother, and daughter quarantine together in a Tribeca apartment as they laugh about life over wine....

Rena is on the threshold of adulthood. For her and her mother, the Internet is a form of escape from their humdrum everyday lives. In the world of talent shows, Facebook and YouTube, the keyboard seems to be a gateway to fame and love. Yet the border...

Tam, a diligent wedding venue staffer, discovers her husband’s affair on live TV. Rather than confronting him, she enlists a powerful spell master to win back his love. Tam’s daughter, Ha, pours her frustration into vivid fantasies of a brighter futu...

In a very hot summer in the middle of Portugal, a girl is dealing with her recent nose operation, while her mother's lack of attention seems to give her more pain....

On her ninth birthday, Nelly locks out her mother of their family home while she keeps posting Instagram stories that become more and more worrying....

Daughter supports mother, as Mother supports daughter....

At once potently restrained and explosively oddball, Mira’s Daughter is an examination of narcissism, co-dependency and the exacting demands of fame from 2021 Flickerfest Outstanding Emerging Female Director Alisha Hnatjuk....

The monotony of college life traps Murphey into disillusionment and apathy. She can't feel anything and can't figure out why until a phone call with her mother reminds her that there is life beyond school and that happiness is possible even when it h...

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A gap in the relationship with her mother causes Luna to seek affection from a mysterious doll....

After attempting to commit suicide Sanako's relationship with her mother changes. Her mother Mrs. Hamada being to blame herself. Was there more she could have done to save her daughter?...

In this coming-of-age story, a once-close mother-daughter relationship takes a tumultuous turn as they navigate the challenging journey of growing up. As the daughter blossoms into her own person, clashes between the two ignite like never before, cre...

When a 9-year-old girl discovers that her mother works as a prostitute at night, she tries to escape their morbidly symbiotic relationship in a bold move....