Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Mildred Pierce [videorecording] / HBO miniseries presents in association with MGM ; a Killer Films/John Wells production ; a film by Todd Haynes ; teleplay by Todd Haynes & Jon Raymond ; directed by Todd Haynes.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : Home Box Office ; Burbank, CA : distributed by Warner Home Video, c2012.

Description:

2 videodiscs (344 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

An intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years and struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda, as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life, including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon and ex-husband Bert Pierce.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: TV-MA.

Subjects:

Mothers and daughters -- Drama.

Depressions -- 1929 -- Drama.

Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Drama.

Madre e hija -- Teatro.

Crisis económicas -- 1929 -- Teatro.

Mujeres -- Estados Unidos -- Condiciones sociales -- Teatro.

Television mini-series.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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