This year’s Berlin Film Festival is highlighting the complexities of modern motherhood, with three women-directed films tackling the theme in fresh ways.
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Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You stars Rose Byrne as an overwhelmed therapist struggling with single parenthood. Johanna Moder’s Mother’s Baby explores postpartum depression, while Hot Milk by Rebecca Lenkiewicz delves into a tense mother-daughter dynamic.
The trend reflects growing gender balance in filmmaking, offering deeper, more personal portrayals of motherhood.
