Archive of films Mamma Mia! / Mamma Mia!

United Kingdom / USA
2008, 100 min

Section: Official Selection - Out of Competition
Year: 2008

A charming film adaptation of the famous musical seen by more than 30 million people. It tells the story of a single mother (Meryl Streep) who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island. As she prepares to marry off her daughter, the bride-to-be wants to know who her father is before the wedding bells start ringing. And all this to the tune of catchy songs by ABBA.

Synopsis

This enchanting film adaptation of the famous musical, seen by over thirty million people in 160 cities worldwide, is undoubtedly this summer’s most anticipated film. It tells the story of a single mother who owns a little hotel on an idyllic Greek island. As she prepares to marry off her daughter Sophie, the bride-to-be wants to know who her father is before the wedding bells start ringing. To her mother’s surprise, three men turn up on the doorstep of her picturesque house, all of them people she knew intimately twenty years earlier. Which of them is Sophie’s father? The excellent Meryl Streep in the role of the mother is supported by Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård playing her suitors of long ago. This sunlit romantic comedy, written by the author of the original stage play, Catherine Johnson, and involving the participation of former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, also draws its rousing energy from the chart-topping songs by the legendary Swedish pop band.

About the director

Phyllida Lloyd (b. 1957, Bristol, Great Britain) graduated from Birmingham University in 1979 and then spent five years working in BBC television drama. She has been closely involved in the theatre since the mid-1980s. She was Associate Director at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham and the Bristol Old Vic, and then directed acclaimed productions at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. She gave her debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1991 in a production of Thomas Shadwell’s play The Virtuoso. She is also a successful opera director and performed Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana, whose film version she directed in 2000. The previous year she received an offer to direct the stage musical Mamma Mia!, which became a global hit. This year’s film adaptation is the director’s feature film debut.

Contacts

Bontonfilm, a.s.
Na Poříčí 1047/26, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 257 415 111
Fax: +420 257 415 113
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bontonfilm.cz

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Official Selection - Out of Competition

Director:	Phyllida Lloyd
Screenplay:	Catherine Johnson
Dir. of Photography:	Haris Zambarloukos
Music:	Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Editor:	Lesley Walker
Producer:	Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman
Production:	Littlestar Productions
Cast:	Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski
Contact:	Bontonfilm, a.s.
Distributor:	Bontonfilm, a.s.

www:	www.mamma-mia.cz

Guests

Aleš Danielis

Distributor

Marek Jeníček

Distributor, Producer

Michal Kroupa

Distributor, Distributor

Phyllida Lloyd

Film Director, Film Director