''Mother of All Shows'' is a 2023 musical feature film directed by Melissa D'Agostino, and written by David James Brock and Melissa D'Agostino. The film stars D'Agostino as Liza Mangiani, a woman who is processing the imminent death of her mother Rosa ( Wendie Malick) by imagining their lives through the prism of a 1970s television

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Cast

Filming

''Mother of All Shows'' was shot in Ontario in January 2022, and was Melissa D'Agostino's feature directorial debut.

Release

The film premiered on June 1, 2023, as the opening night film 2023 Art of Brooklyn festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2024 Kingston Canadian Film Festival. The film has been picked up for distribution in the United States by Gravitas Ventures with a release date of July 16, 2024, with the Canadian release scheduled for the same date on

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Awards

The film received two

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nominations at the

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, for

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(D'Agostino, Brock and Rebecca Everett for "Mothers and Daughters, Daughters and Moms") and Best Hair ( Rikki Zucker).

References

External links

* 2023 films 2020s musical comedy-drama films English-language Canadian films Films shot in Ontario 2020s Canadian films Canadian musical comedy-drama films 2023 comedy-drama films {{2020s-Canada-film-stub