Maternal Overdrive (2006)

Release Date: 2006-09-18
Runtime: 0h 23min
Production Company: Fiction Factory
Production Country: United Kingdom, Germany
Director: Robert Fischer

Todd Haynes, who considers Max Ophuls’ THE RECKLESS MOMENT (1949) one of his ten favorite films of all time, gives a wonderful 22 minute introduction of the film, titled "Maternal Overdrive," a term he uses to describe the state of the protagonist, Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett).