India, May 20 -- Documentary My Mom Jayne, received a 4-minute standing ovation following its premiere at the currently ongoing Cannes Film Festival. The documentary marks Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor Mariska Hargitay's feature directorial debut, its subject being her mother, icon Jayne Mansfield. This also essentially marks the first time she has addressed her mother's legacy and her own memories of her short time with her, publicly - close to 6 decades after Jayne's death.

But the big detail unearthed in the documentary which has everyone doing a double take? The fact that Mariska's biological father wasn't Mickey Hargitay, the Hungarian bodybuilder and Jayne's second husband - it is in fact Italian singer Nelson Sardelli. ...