Mildred Pierce
“Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!”
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A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
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A haunting, noir-tinged melodrama about a mother's desperate sacrifices and the crushing weight of ambition. It's a stark, black-and-white descent into the dark side of the American dream, where love and betrayal collide.
melancholictensesomberdramaticsteadyclassic Hollywoodfilm noirblack and whitemelodramamaternal sacrificeclass struggleambitionbetrayal
daughterinfidelityhusband wife relationshiprestaurantsnobbusiness womanpromisespoiled childfilm noirmurderblack and whitebeach houseframe upex-husband ex-wife relationshiptold in flashbacknightclub singermother daughter estrangementbusiness partner
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