SummaryLove is the 18-year-old daughter of Diane, a former crack addict who since losing her six children to foster care has managed to reassemble her family, however fragile the arrangement. Filmmaker Jennifer Dworkin spent five years with these women, riding an emotional roller-coaster, as past resentments inform each one's prospects for stability and... Read More
Directed By:Jennifer Dworkin
Love and Diane
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
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One of the most searing, heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant mother/daughter stories ever put on film.
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An epic documentary...as rich and teeming as a Balzac novel.
90
From first shot to last, Dworkin's movie is a continuously absorbing, sometimes revelatory, frequently moving experience; as documentary filmmaking it's not only amazingly intimate but also characterized by an unexpected lyricism.
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Emerges as an improbably hopeful tribute to the human spirit.
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Extraordinary documentary.
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fully devotes itself to painting a family portrait seldom allowed such rich cinematic detail.
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You are left with two emotions - despair and hope - after watching producer-director Jennifer Dworkin's disquieting documentary.
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Production Company:
- American Spectrum
- Arte France Cinéma
- Audiovisuel Multimedia International Production (AMIP)
- Chilmark Productions
- ITVS International
Release Date:Apr 16, 2003
Duration:2 h 35 m
Awards
Locarno Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
