PENELOPE CRUZ goes topless in the daring and emotional new Spanish film Ma Ma, about a young mother facing breast cancer.
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| Penelope Cruz in Ma Ma |
Penélope Cruz shows why she is one of the most powerful and fearless actresses in the world in her new film.
The Spanish family drama Ma Ma takes an unflinching look at a woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Cruz plays unhappily married mother Magda who finds a lump in her breast.
Magda embarks on a life-shattering, but ultimately life-affirming journey as she is confornted with cancer and her own mortality.
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| Cruz looks at her body one last time before the operation |
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| The doctor checks for breast cancer |
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In the trailer we see Magda going in to see a doctor after she finds a lump in her breast.
The radiant actress casts aside vanity and modesty as she exposes not only her body, but her raw emotions as she faces her worst fear.
"I don't know what to say to my son," she cries.
In fact, the title of the film, Ma Ma, plays on both the word for mother and the word for breasts.
The film is also a celebration of family, of the bonds between parents and their children.
On the same day that Magda recives her diagnosis, Arturo, a talent scout is watching her son's football match.
Suddenly he hears the tragic news that a car accident has killed his daughter and left his wife in a coma. Magda steps in and rushes him to the hospital
The fact the film is as much about motherhood as it is about illness is reinforced as Magda and Arturo find strength in each other.
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| Penelope Cruz faces breast cancer in new film Ma Ma |
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| Cruz examines her body after the mastectomy |
"Do you know what is the greatest love that exists in the whole world?
"The love that a mother feels for her child," Arturo (Luis Tosar) tells Magda.
Get your tissues ready for the trailer next.
Believe us, you won't need to speak Spanish to understand the painfully universal themes of love, fear, loss and hope.
WATCH THE MA MA TRAILER NEXT (IN SPANISH):
Thi sis not a film that seeks to simply depress and demoralise us. Magda is a fighter and Penelope Cruz sweeps us along as she stares into the camera in her hospital gown and declares "Vamos."
It means "Let's go" and, sure enough, Magda picks herself up and faces forward into her future.
"Promise me one thing, that the soul never dies," Magda's son says.
""Done," she replies.
Yup, hankies at the ready again...
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