Director – Yael Melamede – 2024 – US – Cert. 12a – 81m ***1/2 A portrait by her New York-based daughter of top Israeli architect Ada Karmi Melamede – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 1st This opens with the filmmaker daughter asking her architect mother if she wants to speak English or Hebrew. The mother […]
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My Mother the Architect
- Post author By Jeremy Clarke
- Post date May 1 2026
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