An ambitious young woman sees sex as a way to escape her background; a respectable widower wrestles with the conflict between desire and religious principles; a man grieving his long -
lost daughter forges a bond with a heartbroken girl; a married couple come to see each other with fresh eyes.»
Ma Ma (R for some nudity and brief sexual references) Character - driven drama, set in the Canary Islands, revolving around a young mother (Penelope Cruz) recently diagnosed with cancer who
forges a friendship with a soccer scout (Luis Tovar) who just
lost his wife and
daughter in a car accident.
There's Bonnie Plunkett, the cynical recovering addict trying to
forge a new path with her
daughter Christy on CBS» Mom; LaVona Golden, a hardened, abusive mother to future Olympian and scandal - maker Tonya Harding in the upcoming biopic I, Tonya; and Ouisa Kittredge, an aging New York socialite who's
lost touch with the passion that's given her life, in the Broadway revival of Six Degrees of Separation.