Mother for Life
The film follows the life of a large family over three decades and generations. The rising saga of a formerly homeless family survived since the mid-seventies solely thanks to the mother's figure, the strength and bond o
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The film follows the life of a large family over three decades and generations. The rising saga of a formerly homeless family survived since the mid-seventies solely thanks to the mother's figure, the strength and bond o
In the Indian township of Durban, where post-apartheid violence still simmers, Lishana cares for her dying mother. Through her photographic practice, she reflects on life and death, past and present, navigating between t
Mrs Grayson accidentally leaves her baby son at a shop and flies into a panic when she returns home to find him missing.
Susumu, a good young man from the countryside, comes to Tokyo to attend a school for chiropractors, relying on his childhood friend Sasaki Kazuto. Kazuto's mother, Junko, remembers Susumu well from his childhood and is h
A social worker teaches her Indian village neighbours about clean, modern childbirth.
Prima donna Tatar Eva has two adult daughters who do not know that they are courtesans. A retired artist advises the daughters on how to improve their marriage, but their husbands are dissatisfied.
The hardship of earning an existence for the family made it impossible for the mother to approve the little pretty things which her daughter liked. Lack of attention made her son dissolute, but later the sturdy stock of
After her husband's death, Hana lives on alone in the family villa. Her two sons visit her with their families, but these visits frequently end in quarrels. When Hana meets Brona, a hardy fellow, inured to winter swimmin
A young robot meets a lost, distressed child who disrupts his daily routine. Little did he know that this child will introduce him to an absence in his life that he will desperately try to fill.
The film covers the period from 1900 to 1917. Historical events—the Russo-Japanese War, January 9, and others—are shown through the eyes of a mother who begins to realize that her children have many like-minded followers
A 30-year-old widower realizes that his three children need a mother figure. His youngest daughter feels lonely and finds it hard to cope with schooling. He scouts around for a tutor for his daughter, someone who could a
A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.
A woman loses her only child. She turns to drink and begins to hallucinate an image of her beloved child.
The film is about irresponsible fathers and unscrupulous mothers.
Young single mother has two sons and a daughter by three different fathers who are completely unaware of having fathered them. Anne's mother conjures up a plot to make everyone involved to go on a beach holiday in Mexico
A brothel disguised as a teahouse is staffed with old ladies long past their prime. However, things begin to change and become chaotic when the owner takes in a young girl.
A widowed Midwestern housewife travels to Manhattan for the first time to visit her daughter. Once there, she becomes obsessed with the Hell's Angels-ish bikers' club across the street from her daughter's East Village ap
Sibel's husband is hospitalized with liver failure and is waiting for an organ transplant. Due to the urgency of the situation and the low probability of his turn, Sibel begins searching for an organ donor on her own.
A personal documentary by Denise Janzee, made in an attempt to get closer to her mother Willeke van Ammelrooy. On movie sets and on screen, Denise saw her mother cry, laugh and fight. At home, however, Willeke shut herse