Mildred Pierce(2011)

series - first aired/released 2011-03-27 - audience 7.0

Drama

Directed by Todd Haynes

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.