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‘Mama’ Review: A Housemaid Abroad Gets an Unpleasant Homecoming in an Intriguing Character Study That Veers Into Melodrama
'Mama,' Or Sinai's debut narrative feature, follows a Polish housekeeper working in Israel, with a powerful performance by Evgenia Dodina.
Inspired by stories she heard from migrant Eastern European women working in Israel, the film follows Mila ( Evgenia Dodina), a housekeeper for a rich family providing for those she left back in Poland. When she discovers that another woman (Dominika Bednarczyk) has replaced her as lover to her husband and surrogate mother to her daughter, she desperately tries to salvage her position at the top of the family Instead of deepening Mila’s character or showing consequences for her actions, these plot swerves manifest as a series of inexplicable decisions made by the protagonist.
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