Single Mothers

Films that highlight the different perspectives and realities of single motherhood

The single mother in the cinema is often portrayed as a highly complex and multi-faceted character who skilfully manoeuvres her way through disasters and obstacles. On the one hand, single mothers are usually strong personalities with immense resilience, who challenge traditional role models and provide for their children's future in a self-sacrificing and loving way despite all the difficulties. On the other hand, they are often confronted with their own fears, weaknesses and problems, close to the edge and completely alone. This forces them to constantly reinvent and rediscover themselves. Despite the fascinating strength inherent in these characters, the audience is given a deeply relatable and human insight into the fragile and resilient side of single motherhood. The films in this collection aim to provide a diverse, emotional and accurate look at the different motherhoods of single mothers. Sometimes entertaining, sometimes harrowing, the audience is given an insight into the perspectives and realities of single motherhood.

The single mother in the cinema is often portrayed as a highly complex and multi-faceted character who skilfully manoeuvres her way through disasters and obstacles.

On the one hand, single mothers are usually strong personalities with immense resilience, who challenge traditional role models and provide for their children's future in a self-sacrificing and loving way despite all the difficulties.

On the other hand, they are often confronted with their own fears, weaknesses and problems, close to the edge and completely alone. This forces them to constantly reinvent and rediscover themselves. Despite the fascinating strength inherent in these characters, the audience is given a deeply relatable and human insight into the fragile and resilient side of single motherhood.

The films in this collection aim to provide a diverse, emotional and accurate look at the different motherhoods of single mothers. Sometimes entertaining, sometimes harrowing, the audience is given an insight into the perspectives and realities of single motherhood.

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