The Mother (2022)
Original title: A Mãe
A street vendor who lives in the outskirts of São Paulo returns home at night and does not find her teenager son. After a nonstop search, she finds out the boy was killed by the police and his body is missing. This is the beginning of this woman’s vertiginous fight for the right to bury her son, a fight that will not only unveil the excessive violence of one of most lethal police forces of the world, but also how structural is racism in Brazilian society.
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Henrique Zanoni
Marcélia Cartaxo
Helena IgnezAna Carolina Marinho
Kiko MarquesHélio Cícero
Mawusi Tulani
Tuna Dwek
Carlos MeceniMovie DNA
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What is The Mother about?
A street vendor who lives in the outskirts of São Paulo returns home at night and does not find her teenager son. After a nonstop search, she finds out the boy was killed by the police and his body is missing. This is the beginning of this woman’s vertiginous fight for the right to bury her son, a fight that will not only unveil the excessive violence of one of most lethal police forces of the world, but also how structural is racism in Brazilian society.
How long is The Mother?
The Mother has a runtime of 80 minutes.