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Mildred Pierce
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The Depression is in effect when Mildred (Kate Winslet) breaks with her unfaithful husband, Bert (Br an F. O'Byrne), leaving the Glendale housewife to support her daughters as a waitress and part-time baker. To keep up the middle-class fa ade, only neighbor Lucy (Melissa Leo) knows about her blue-collar day job. By protecting 11-year-old Veda (Morgan Turner) from the truth, however, Mildred encourages her snobbish tendencies, but then her pastry-making skills allow her to open a chain of restaurants with help from Lucy, feisty colleague Ida (Mare Winningham), and opportunistic realtor Wally (James LeGros), with whom she has a fling. That ends when she falls for playboy Monty (Guy Pearce), who takes a shine to Veda, at which point the girl becomes truly insufferable. The first time Mildred slaps her, it's hard not to suppress a cheer. The second time: Veda slaps her mother back. In 1937, when Mildred finally kicks her out, you'll wonder why she didn't do it sooner.
Catalogue: 1000283414
Sku: 2210636
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