Mildred Pierce
(2011)
Writer:
James M. Cain
Cast:
Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood
Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.