Mother for Life (2004)

Original title

Mutterjahre

Directed by

Peter Heller, Sylvie Banuls

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a large German family over 30 years, focusing on the mother who held them together after homelessness. It shows her declining health and how the family copes with her approaching death.

observationalintimateemotionalbittersweetgradualsomberrawfamily-centric

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