THE MOTHER
synopsis
The Mother follows 14-year-old Miguel (a name that crops up time and again in Morais’ films), whose mother is a volatile and aloof woman. He doesn’t want to go back to the juvenile detention centre, where social services are trying to lock him up, and instead seeks refuge in the house of a Romanian man who used to be his mother’s lover, keeping his head above water by doing all kinds of odd jobs. He also befriends María, the proprietor of a bar, who will forge a mother-like relationship with him.
international title: | The Mother |
original title: | La madre |
country: | Spain, Romania, France |
sales agent: | Alfama Films |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Alberto Morais |
film run: | 89' |
screenplay: | Alberto Morais |
cast: | Javier Mendo, Nieve de Medina, Ovidiu Crisan, Alexandru Stanciu, Laila Marull |
cinematography by: | Diego Dussuel |
film editing: | Julia Juániz |
art director: | Vicente Mateu |
music: | Vincent Barrière, Xema Fuertes |
producer: | Veronica Garcia, Paulo Branco, Alberto Morais |
production: | Olivo Films S.L., Fundatia Teatru Contemporan, Alfama Films |
backing: | Instituto de Cinematografía (ICAA), Instituto Valenciano de las Artes Cinematográficas (IVAC), Eurimages (COE), Cinéma du Monde (CNC) |
distributor: | Syldavia Cinema, Alfama Films |